Civilizing Missions in Colonial and Postcolonial South Asia: From Improvement to Development

Carey A. Watt

ISBN 10: 1843318644 / ISBN 13: 9781843318644

Published by Anthem Press, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Civilizing Missions in Colonial and Postcolonial South Asia: From Improvement to Development
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1843318644
• ISBN 13: 9781843318644
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 620 grams

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Synopsis

‘Civilizing Missions in Colonial and Postcolonial South Asia’ offers a series of analyses that highlights the complexities of British and Indian civilizing missions in original ways and through various historiographical approaches. The book applies the concept of the civilizing mission to a number of issues in the colonial and postcolonial eras in South Asia: economic development, state-building, pacification, nationalism, cultural improvement, gender and generational relations, caste and untouchability, religion and missionaries, class relations, urbanization, NGOs, and civil society.

About the Author

Carey A. Watt holds a PhD in South Asian history from the University of Cambridge, and is currently Associate Professor of History (South Asia/World) at St. Thomas University in Canada.

Michael Mann holds a PhD from the University of Heidelberg and is currently Professor of South Asian History and Culture at Humboldt University, Berlin.