Chakrabarty, Dipesh

The calling of history : Sir Jadunath Sarkar and his empire of truth / Dipesh Chakrabarty. - 304pages

Includes index.

The popular origins of academic history -- Debating research -- Hunters and gatherers of historical documents -- The politics of "unquestionable" facts -- The statesman as hero : imperial aesthetics of political history -- Between providence and character: the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.

9780226100449 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780226100456 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780252039553 (hardcover)

2014041928


Sarkar, Jadunath, Sir, 1870-1958.


Historians--India--Biography.
Historiography.


India--Historiography.

DS435.7.S26 / C53 2015

907.202 / CHA/C