Dialogue and History (Constructing South India 1795-1895)

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Title: Dialogue and History (Constructing South India 1795-1895)
Author: Irschick, Eugene F.
Item Code: ISBN9780520084056
Publisher: University of California Press
Edition: 1st ed., Date: 1994, 263 pp., PB
Description: In this provocative new book, the author challenges the conventional wisdom that knowledge about a colonial culture is unilaterally defined by its rulers. Focusing on late 18th and 19th century South India, the author demonstrates that a society’s view of its history results from a ‘dialogic process’ involving all its constituencies.