The cultures of history in early modern India : Persianization and Mughal culture in Bengal /
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| Author / Creator: | Chatterjee, Kumkum. |
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| Imprint: | New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2009. |
| Description: | xi, 290 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7917053 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. Mapping Early Modern Bengal: Polity, Culture and the Literary Universe
- 2. The Genealogical Tradition
- 3. Performance Narratives and the Mughal Factor
- 4. Prose Narratives of Kings: Between the 'Old' and 'New'
- 5. Saving the Mughal Legacy: The Tarikhs of the Nawabi World
- 6. The English East India Company: Reflections on Mughal Traditions of Governance
- 7. Mughal Culture and Persianization in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Bengal
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index