{"product_id":"archiving-the-british-raj-history-of-the-archival-policy-of-the-government-of-india-with-selected-documents-1858-1947-hardcover","title":"Archiving the British Raj: History of the Archival Policy of the Government of India, with Selected Documents, 1858-1947 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSabyasachi Bhattacharya\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGenerally the archives are sites where historians conduct research into our past. Seldom are the archives objects of research. Archiving the Raj traces the path that led to creation of a central archive in India. In examining the archival policy of the colonial government, it proceeds to explore the complex relationship between knowledge and power. While a section of British political authorities favoured accurate archiving of historical events and limited access to records for selected non-official researchers, the overwhelming opinion in official circles was against such access. In the last two decades of colonial rule in India there were anticipations of freedom in many areas of the public sphere, and, in many ways, these were felt in the domain of archiving, chiefly in the form of reversal of earlier policies. From this perspective, the author discusses how the World Wars, the decline of Britain, among other factors, effected a transition from a Euro-centric and disparaging approach to India towards a more liberal and less ethnocentric approach.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSabyasachi Bhattacharya\u003c\/strong\u003e is Tagore National Fellow, Ministry of Culture, Government of India. He was earlier Vice Chancellor of Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, and Professor at the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He has published several volumes with OUP, India, including \u003cem\u003eThe\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eDefining Moments in Bengal, 1920-1947 \u003c\/em\u003e(2014) and \u003cem\u003eTalking Back: The Idea of Civilization in the Indian Nationalist Discourse \u003c\/em\u003e(2011). He was awarded the H.K. Barpujari award at Indian History Congress in December 2017.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.7 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 17, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48422524485881,"sku":"9780199489923","price":81.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/CsiDnGsOYJ9780199489923.webp?v=1779271062","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/archiving-the-british-raj-history-of-the-archival-policy-of-the-government-of-india-with-selected-documents-1858-1947-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}