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050 0 0 _aDS435
_b.M64 2018
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100 1 _aMohan, Jyoti,
_eauthor.
_91375
245 1 0 _aClaiming India
_bFrench scholars and the preoccupation with India in the nineteenth century /
_cJyoti Mohan
260 _aNew Delhi
_bSage
_c2018
300 _axxxv, 392p.
_billustrations, maps ;
_c23 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 356-387) and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction: The Last King of France Found...in India? -- India: A Land of Wonders or of Monstrosities? The Writings of Missionaries -- The Sublime Civilization of India: The Pre-occupation of Philosophes -- The Business of Serious Academics: Indology and the Study of India -- The Era of Empiricism and the Rise of Philology -- The Glory of Ancient India Stems from her Aryan Blood: The Development of "Scientific Anthropology" in Relation to India -- Recasting India in French Indology: Hinduism and the Caste System -- Writing Histories, Creating India -- Imperial Showcase: The Visual Presentation of India.
650 0 _aPostcolonialism
_zIndia
_xHistory
_y19th century.
_91376
651 0 _aIndia
_xCivilization
_xHistoriography.
_91377
651 0 _aIndia
_xCivilization
_xStudy and teaching
_zFrance
_xHistory
_y19th century.
_91378
651 0 _aFrance
_xColonies
_zIndia
_xHistory
_y19th century.
_91379
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