The classics and colonial India /

Offering a unique cross-cultural study, this text provides a detailed account of the relationship between classical antiquity and the British colonial presence in India. Vasunia shows how classical culture pervaded the minds of the British colonizers and highlights the many Indian receptions of Grec...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Vasunia, Phiroze, 1966- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Classical presences.
Temas:
1765-1947
British > India > Intellectual life.
Civilization, Classical > Influence.
Britanniques > Inde > Vie intellectuelle.
Civilisation ancienne > Influence.
HISTORY > Asia > India & South Asia.
British > Intellectual life
Civilization
Civilization, Classical > Influence
Civilization > Greek influences
India > Civilization > 1765-1947.
India > Civilization > Greek influences.
Inde > Civilisation > 1765-1947.
India
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Offering a unique cross-cultural study, this text provides a detailed account of the relationship between classical antiquity and the British colonial presence in India. Vasunia shows how classical culture pervaded the minds of the British colonizers and highlights the many Indian receptions of Greco-Roman antiquity.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 398 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour))
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-382) and index.
ISBN:9780191626074
0191626074
9780191746598
0191746592

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