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Author Mohan, Jyoti, author.

Title Claiming India : French scholars and the preoccupation with India during the nineteenth century / Jyoti Mohan.

Publication Info. New Delhi : SAGE Publications India, 2018.

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Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: 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.
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Subject India -- Civilization -- Historiography.
India.
Civilization.
Historiography.
India -- Civilization -- Study and teaching -- France -- History -- 19th century.
France.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject France -- Colonies -- India -- History -- 19th century.
Colonies.
Postcolonialism -- India -- History -- 19th century.
Postcolonialism.
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version : Mohan, Jyoti. Claiming India. New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd, 2018 9789352804658 (DLC) 2017046534 (OCoLC)1005113170
ISBN 9789352804665 (electronic book)
935280466X (electronic book)
9789352804658
9352804651
9789352804672 (e pub 2.0)