Laxman D Satya
Biographic Data
| ID | 204164 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laxman D Satya |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laxman D |
| FAMILY NAME | Satya |
| SIGNATURE | SATYA L D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lock Haven University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Prathama Banerjee. Politics of Time: “Primitives” and History-Writing in a Colonial Society .:Politics of Time: “Primitives” and History‐Writing in a Colonial Society
The title of this book does not reveal its narrow focus on Bengal during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The complex subject of “modernity” is dissected in the context of European imperialism, colonialism, and racism on the one hand, and the position of bhadralok (Bengali middle-class) nationalists on the other. Prathama Banerjee contends that there was very little difference between the ideas and attitudes of British imperialists a…
Western Medicine and Public Health in Colonial Bombay, 1845-1895 (review)
The focus of Mridula Ramanna's book is on the city of Bombay during the high noon of the British Empire in India. The British medical officials who dominated the Indian Medical Service (IMS) regarded "native" medicine as irrational and superstitious. The IMS also concerned itself mostly with non-Indian troops and civilians, introducing public health measures to benefit military cantonments and parts of the city occupied by Westerners, but—as the …
Mike Davis, Late Victorian Holocausts: El Niño Famines and the Making of the Third World
Tipu Sultan's Search for Legitimacy: Islam and Kingship in a Hindu Domain
Focusing upon the methods adopted by Tipu Sultan to establish his legitimacy as a parvenu ruler, this revisionary study takes an nnovative approach to the analysis of kingship in eighteenth-century south India
Colonial sedentarisation and subjugation: The case of the Banjaras of Berar 1850-1900
The Banjaras were a mobile community of central India. Portage of goods and services was their primary occupation. This brought them in contact with a whole spectrum of population from the plains to the hills. It also generated tremendous diversity within the Banjara society in terms of language, customs, beliefs and practices. It developed in them a rather casual, unorthodox and open attitude towards religion, family, and women. Many of the prac…
Colonial sedentarisation and subjugation: The case of the Banjaras of Berar 1850-1900
The Banjaras were a mobile community of central India. Portage of goods and services was their primary occupation. This brought them in contact with a whole spectrum of population from the plains to the hills. It also generated tremendous diversity within the Banjara society in terms of language, customs, beliefs and practices. It developed in them a rather casual, unorthodox and open attitude towards religion, family, and women. Many of the prac…
Colonial sedentarisation and subjugation: The case of the Banjaras of Berar 1850-1900
The Banjaras were a mobile community of central India. Portage of goods and services was their primary occupation. This brought them in contact with a whole spectrum of population from the plains to the hills. It also generated tremendous diversity within the Banjara society in terms of language, customs, beliefs and practices. It developed in them a rather casual, unorthodox and open attitude towards religion, family, and women. Many of the prac…
Tipu Sultan's Search for Legitimacy: Islam and Kingship in a Hindu Domain
Focusing upon the methods adopted by Tipu Sultan to establish his legitimacy as a parvenu ruler, this revisionary study takes an nnovative approach to the analysis of kingship in eighteenth-century south India
Mike Davis, Late Victorian Holocausts: El Niño Famines and the Making of the Third World
Western Medicine and Public Health in Colonial Bombay, 1845-1895 (review)
The focus of Mridula Ramanna's book is on the city of Bombay during the high noon of the British Empire in India. The British medical officials who dominated the Indian Medical Service (IMS) regarded "native" medicine as irrational and superstitious. The IMS also concerned itself mostly with non-Indian troops and civilians, introducing public health measures to benefit military cantonments and parts of the city occupied by Westerners, but—as the …
Prathama Banerjee. Politics of Time: “Primitives” and History-Writing in a Colonial Society .:Politics of Time: “Primitives” and History‐Writing in a Colonial Society
The title of this book does not reveal its narrow focus on Bengal during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The complex subject of “modernity” is dissected in the context of European imperialism, colonialism, and racism on the one hand, and the position of bhadralok (Bengali middle-class) nationalists on the other. Prathama Banerjee contends that there was very little difference between the ideas and attitudes of British imperialists a…
History (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (3 works) · Colonialism (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Hinduism (2 works)