Chakrabarty, Dipesh,

The calling of history : Sir Jadunath Sarkar and his empire of truth / Dipesh Chakrabarty. - 1st ed. - Ranikhet : Permanent Black, 2015. - 304 p. ; 22 cm

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The popular origins of academic history -- Debating research -- Hunters and gatherers of historical documents -- The politics of "unquestionable" facts -- The statesman as hero : imperial aesthetics of political history -- Between providence and character: the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

9788178244693 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Sarkar, Jadunath, Sir, 1870-1958.


Historians--India--Biography.
Historiography.


India--Historiography.

907.202 / CHA