Romanticism's Child: An Intellectual History of James Tod's Influence on Indian History and Historiography

by Lloyd I Rudolph, Susanne Hoeber Rudolph, Lloyd I. Rudolph

Book Overview

The fascination of Colonel James Tod, one of the earliest colonial ethnographers, with the cultural practices, communities and histories of the people of Rajasthan led to a meticulous compilation of information about the region and its people, whom he deeply admired. His two-volume masterwork, Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, published in London in 1829 and 1832, inspired generations of popular renderings of the past, including nationalist and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199465894
• ISBN13: 9780199465897
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.0"