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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      28 March 2008
      23 February 1990
      ISBN:
      9781139055673
      9780521249867
      9780521031059
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CHOL9780521249867
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.535kg, 258 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.397kg, 260 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Area Studies, South Asian History, Asian Studies, History
      Series:
      The New Cambridge History of India
      Collection:
      Cambridge Histories - Asian History
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    Subjects:
    Area Studies, South Asian History, Asian Studies, History
    Series:
    The New Cambridge History of India
    Collection:
    Cambridge Histories - Asian History
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    The third part of The New Cambridge History of India is devoted to the Indian Empire and the Beginnings of Modern Society. In the first volume, Kenneth Jones looks at the numerous nineteenth-century movements for social and religious change - Christian, Hindu, Muslim, Sikh and Zoroastrian - that used various forms of religious authority to legitimize their reform programmes. Such movements were both indigenous and colonial in their origins and Professor Jones shows how each adapted to the challenge of competing nationalisms as political circumstances changed. The volumes in this part of the History consider the overall impact of British rule upon the whole sphere of religion, social behaviour and culture. Its coverage is both historical and religious and Socio-religious Reform Movements in British India will appeal to students and scholars in a wide variety of social scientific disciplines.

    Reviews

    "...provides a masterly overview of this complex subject....a brilliant work of scholarly compression..." Choice

    "Drawing on recent historical research, including his own study of the development of Hindu consciousness in nineteenth century Punjab, Jones tells a fascinating story that serves as a valuable background to understanding modern communal conflict in South Asia and as an introduction to more detailed study of the movements themselves." Robert L. Hardgrave, Jr., Social Science Quarterly

    "...this is a useful compendium, to be used as a reference...." Eleanor Zelliot, Journal of Asian and African Studies

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