An Anthropologist Among the Historians and Other Essays
Price: 995.00 INR
ISBN:
9780195626162
Publication date:
01/06/1998
Paperback
708 pages
215x135mm
Price: 995.00 INR
ISBN:
9780195626162
Publication date:
01/06/1998
Paperback
708 pages
Part of Oxford India Paperbacks
Bernard S. Cohn
This collection brings together twenty-three influential essays by Professor Bernard S. Cohn, published together for the first time. The first section explores methodological issues in history and anthropology, especially in relation to Indian studies. The remaining sections present empirical work that exemplifies Cohn?s concept of ?anthropological history?, blending ethnographic insight with historical analysis.
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Bernard S. Cohn
Description
These twenty-three essays by Professor Cohn are collected here for the first time. The first section is concerned with methodology within the disciplines of history and anthropology, particularly as these relate to scholarly writings on India. The more empirical offerings within the next four sections are concerned with `anthropological history'.
About the Author
Bernard S. Cohn, Professor of Anthropology, University of Chicago
Bernard S. Cohn
Description
These twenty-three essays by Professor Cohn are collected here for the first time. The first section is concerned with methodology within the disciplines of history and anthropology, particularly as these relate to scholarly writings on India. The more empirical offerings within the next four sections are concerned with `anthropological history'.
About the Author
Bernard S. Cohn, Professor of Anthropology, University of Chicago
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Gandhian Nonviolent Struggle and Untouchability in South India
Mary Elizabeth King


