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Scottish Orientalists and India: The Muir Brothers, Religion, Education and Empire
Avril A. Powell
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Description for Scottish Orientalists and India: The Muir Brothers, Religion, Education and Empire
Hardback. The Muir Brothers, Religion, Education and Empire. Series: Worlds of the East India Company. 336 pages, 13, 11 black and white, 2 line drawing. A detailed assessment of how Western thinking about India developed in the nineteenth century, focusing on the exceptionally full lives of the scholar-administrator Muir brothers. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTQ. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 28. Weight: 878.
A detailed assessment of how Western thinking about India developed in the nineteenth century, focusing on the exceptionally full lives of the scholar-administrator Muir brothers. Structured around the lives and careers of two Scottish scholar-administrator brothers, Sir William and Dr John Muir, who served in the East India Company and the Raj in North-West India from 1827-1876, this book examines cultural, especially religious and educational attitudes and interactions during the period. The core of the study centres on a detailed examination of the brothers' seminal works on Vedic and Islamic history and society which, researched from Sanskrit ... Read more
A detailed assessment of how Western thinking about India developed in the nineteenth century, focusing on the exceptionally full lives of the scholar-administrator Muir brothers. Structured around the lives and careers of two Scottish scholar-administrator brothers, Sir William and Dr John Muir, who served in the East India Company and the Raj in North-West India from 1827-1876, this book examines cultural, especially religious and educational attitudes and interactions during the period. The core of the study centres on a detailed examination of the brothers' seminal works on Vedic and Islamic history and society which, researched from Sanskrit ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843835790
SKU
V9781843835790
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Ref
99-50
Reviews for Scottish Orientalists and India: The Muir Brothers, Religion, Education and Empire
[A] fascinating and extremely rich study [and] a highly readable work [which] goes a long way towards highlighting the complex intranational dynamics within the 'British' Empire.
SCOTTISH STUDIES NEWSLETTER, no. 42, Autumn 2013
The book is an outstanding example of sound and engaging historical scholarship.
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF HISTORY, Autumn 2013
Powell has contributed significantly to ... Read more
SCOTTISH STUDIES NEWSLETTER, no. 42, Autumn 2013
The book is an outstanding example of sound and engaging historical scholarship.
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF HISTORY, Autumn 2013
Powell has contributed significantly to ... Read more