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  • Translating Museums

    A Counterhistory of South Asian Museology

    par Shaila Bhatti ...
    Collections series UCL Institute of Archaeology Critical Cultural Heritage Series
    Shaila Bhatti's immersive study of the Lahore Museum in Pakistan is one of the first books to offer an in-depth historical and ethnographic analysis of a South Asian museum. Bhatti thus presents an alternative example of visitor experience and museum practice to that of the West, which has been the dominant museological model to date. This examination of the Lahore Museum's objects, staff, and ... En savoir plus

    $98.99 CAD

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  • Museums Matter

    In Praise of the Encyclopedic Museum

    par James Cuno ...
    Collections series Campbell Lectures
    The concept of an encyclopedic museum was born of the Enlightenment, a manifestation of society’s growing belief that the spread of knowledge and the promotion of intellectual inquiry were crucial to human development and the future of a rational society. But in recent years, museums have been under attack, with critics arguing that they are little more than relics and promoters of imperialism. ... En savoir plus

    $20.99 CAD

  • The 1947 Partition of British India

    Forced Migration and Its Reverberations

    par Jennifer Leaning, Shubhangi Bhadada ...
    The 1947 Partition of British India remains the largest instance of forced migration in the recorded human history. Despite the passage of time, it is still widely seen as a process of singular distress and sorrow. Yet, for those in the subcontinent, the Partition also offers a process of self-exploration for subsequent generations. This book is the first collection of chapters related to the ... En savoir plus

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  • Alice in Bhuleshwar: Navigating a Mumbai Neighbourhood

    par Kaiwan Mehta ...
    Kaiwan Mehta takes the reader for a walk through the streets and past the buildings of the ‘native town’ of colonial Bombay, reading their histories and excavating their memories, while continuing to negotiate their present context. This historic neighbourhood of Mumbai, fondly referred to as Bhuleshwar, has remained a residential and religious hub as before, while thriving as the city’s essential ... En savoir plus

    $3.46 CAD

  • Imperial Technology and 'Native' Agency

    A Social History of Railways in Colonial India, 1850-1920

    par Aparajita Mukhopadhyay ...
    This book explores the impact of railways on colonial Indian society from the commencement of railway operations in the mid-nineteenth to the early decades of the twentieth century.The book represents a historiographical departure. Using new archival evidence as well as travelogues written by Indian railway travellers in Bengali and Hindi, this book suggests that the impact of railways on colonial ... En savoir plus

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  • Delhi By Heart

    par Raza Rumi ...
    A sensitively written account of a Pakistani writer's discovery of Delhi Why, asks Raza Rumi, does the capital of another country feel like home? How is it that a man from Pakistan can cross the border into 'hostile' territory and yet not feel 'foreign'? Is it the geography, the architecture, the food? Or is it the streets, the festivals and the colours of the subcontinent, so familiar and yes, ... En savoir plus

    $15.99 CAD

  • Bombay Islam

    The Religious Economy of the West Indian Ocean, 1840–1915

    par Nile Green ...
    As a thriving port city, nineteenth-century Bombay attracted migrants from across India and beyond. Nile Green's Bombay Islam traces the ties between industrialization, imperialism and the production of religion to show how Muslim migration fueled demand for a wide range of religious suppliers, as Christian missionaries competed with Muslim religious entrepreneurs for a stake in the new market. ... En savoir plus

    $47.99 CAD

  • Modernity and the Museum in the Arabian Peninsula

    par Karen Exell ...
    Modernity and the Museum in the Arabian Peninsula is dedicated to the recent and rapid high-profile development of museums in the Arabian Peninsula, focusing on the a number of the Arabian Peninsula states: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and theUAE. These Gulf states are dynamically involved in the establishment of museums to preserve and , represent their distinct national culture and heritage, as ... En savoir plus

    $102.99 CAD

  • Balti Britain

    A Provocative Journey Through Asian Britain

    par Ziauddin Sardar ...
    Sardar travels to Asian communities throughout the UK to tell the history of Asians in Britain - from the arrival of the first Indian in 1614, to the young extremists in Walthamstow mosque in 2006. He interweaves throughout an illuminating account of his own life, describing his carefree childhood in Pakistan, his family's emigration to racist 1950s Britain, and his adulthood straddling two ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD

  • Jinnealogy

    Time, Islam, and Ecological Thought in the Medieval Ruins of Delhi

    par Anand Vivek Taneja ...
    Collections series South Asia in Motion
    In the ruins of a medieval palace in Delhi, a unique phenomenon occurs: Indians of all castes and creeds meet to socialize and ask the spirits for help. The spirits they entreat are Islamic jinns, and they write out requests as if petitioning the state. At a time when a Hindu right wing government in India is committed to normalizing a view of the past that paints Muslims as oppressors, Anand ... En savoir plus

    $36.99 CAD

  • Parsis in India and the Diaspora

    Modifié par John Hinnells, Alan Williams ...
    Collections series Routledge South Asian Religion Series
    The Parsis are India's smallest minority community, yet they have exercised a huge influence on the country. As pioneers in education in nineteenth century India, and as leading figures in banking and commerce, medicine, law and journalism, they were at the forefront of India's industrial revolution. Parsis were also at the heart of the creation of the Indian National Congress in the nineteenth ... En savoir plus

    $117.99 CAD

  • Understanding Islamic Architecture

    Modifié par Attilo Petruccioli, Khalil K. Pirani ...
    The ongoing debate among practitioners and in academia about the meaning and understanding of Islamic architecture will be energized by this book. It contains essays by architects and academics from various parts of the world which clarify how the carious disciplines of the design profession can be employed to build in the spirit of Islam.Divided into three sections the book covers:*meaning from ... En savoir plus

    $108.99 CAD