Ray, Bharati (Ed.) - Different Types of History: Project of History of
Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization, Volume XIV Part 4,
New Delhi: Pearson Education, 2009, 417 pages, ISBN: 978-81-317-1818-6,
Rs. 2000.00
The volume is part of the prestigious ninety-six volume Project of History
of Indian Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization (PHISPC),
being published under the aegis of Professor D.P. Chattopadhyaya. Focusing
on the historical writings of or on India and its philosophies, as well as
the perceptions of India by others and by ourselves, this volume brings
together a wide range of fields, perspectives, methodologies and modes of
inquiry to critically engage with the vast and multifaceted discipline
that is History. Part I deals with Sanskrit, Persian and Buddhist
historical sources, as well as colonial historiography. Part II examines
the differential approaches of environmental history, maritime history,
economic history and regional history, and of indigenous and Western
traditions of science and medicine. Part III highlights the role of
journals, travelogues, autobiographies, maps and the performing arts in
the representation of contemporary events.
Table of Contents:
PART I: HISTORIOGRAPHY
1. Historical Consciousness in Early India - Romila Thapar
2. Reading Early India Through Epigraphic Lens - Ranabir Chakravarti
3. Early Buddhist Historiography: The Need for Authentication - Richard
Gombrich
4. Medieval Indo-Persian Historiography - Shireen Moosvi
5. A Brief Survey of Colonial Historiography in India - Sabyasachi
Bhattacharya
PART II: MULTIPLE DIMENSIONS
Science, Medicine and History
6.The Chequered Histories of Epistemology and Science - Roddam Narasimha
7. Colonizing the Body? Unani in Early Colonial India - Seema Alavi
8. Environmental History in India - Amita Baviskar
Economic History
9. Towards a History of the Indian Ocean: Changing Concerns and New
Perspectives - Lakshmi Subramanian
10. Economic History of India: Ending the Impasse - Tirthankar Roy
Regional History
11. The Study of Regional History - Indu Banga and J. S. Grewal
12. History Writing on North East India: Periodization, Varieties,
Concerns - David R. Syiemlieh
13. Cultural History of Pre-Colonial Deccan: A Study into Long-term
Dynamics of Change - Atlury Murali
PART III: REPRESENTATIONS
Literature and History
14. Journals as History: A Study of Bamabodhini Patrika, 1863-1922 -
Bharati Ray
15. Subjects of New Lives: Reform, Self-making and the Discourse of
Autobiography in - Kerala Udaya Kumar
16. Through Albion's Looking Glass? Construction of India in American
Travel Writing, c. 1850-1910 - Jayanta Sen Gupta
Visuals and History
17. Mapping a History of Consciousness: Gujarati Folk Theatre - Svati Joshi
18. Methods of Historical Geography - Irfan Habib
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