The calling of history : Sir Jadunath Sarkar and his empire of truth /

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Main Author: Chakrabarty, Dipesh
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: The University of Chicago Press, 2015
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Table of Contents:
  • The popular origins of academic history -- Debating research -- Hunters and gatherers of historical documents -- The politics of "unquestionable" facts -- The statesman as hero : imperial aesthetics of political history -- Between providence and character: the historian himself -- Archiving the nation : Sarkar's fall from grace -- The author and the historian : a conversational reverie.