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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vasunia, Phiroze
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2013, 2013
Series:Classical presences / Classical presences
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary: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
Physical Description:1 online resource illustrations (black and white, and colour)
ISBN:9780191746598