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This book investigates how customary practices in South Africa have led to negotiation and contestation over human rights, gender, and... Læs mere
This book shines a spotlight on the lived experience of the black subaltern, one in which humanity is often marginalized, flattened, desubstantialized, or lost in an in-between state of transmigration.
This is the first in-depth and analytical biography of an Asian woman scientist — Edavaleth Kakkat Janaki Ammal (1897-1984). Using a wide range of archival sources, it presents a dazzling portrait of the twentieth century through the eyes of a pioneering Indian woman scientist.
Robinson details the life and times of France-Albert René (1935-2019), the second post-independence leader of Seychelles who oversaw the nation’s transition to democracy after over a decade of his brutal dictatorship.
This book is a collection of profiles and sketches of some of the most important and influential people from the erstwhile Hyderabad State during the first half of the 20th century, which marked the last decades of its existence as a distinct entity under the British Raj.
This book analyses the religious ideology of a Tamil reformer and saint, Ramalinga Swamigal of the 19th... Læs mere
A new biography of Gokhale that brings into consideration current questions within Indian historiography, this book is a timely and welcome addition to the fields of intellectual history, the history of political thought, Colonial history and Indian and South Asian history.
This book focuses on varied forms of self-referential storytelling or life writing and its emergence as a democratic and inclusive genre, both globally and in India, and its intersections with history, fiction, memory, truth and identity.
When this was originally published in 1959 it was the first full-length biography of Alexander Radishchev published outside Russia and was based on hitherto unpublished material, memoir literature and Radishchev’s own writings.
This book presents a nuanced narrative on Sir Syed Ahmed Khan's (1817-1898) life and his invaluable contribution to the democratic consciousness in India.... Læs mere
This book aims not only to offer new insights into Gandhi’s experience and legacy, but to prove how Gandhian values are relevant to the present and can provide explanations and solutions for present challenges.
In this volume, produced by a team of collaborators from a wide range of scholarly interests and varying expertise, we have presented a critically assessed account of the life and key works produced by Solomon Caesar Malan.