Against History, Against State: Counterperspectives from the Margins

by Shail Mayaram

Book Overview

Reassessing conventional South Asian historiography from a subaltern perspective, Against History, Against State examines how conceptions of history and memory clash. For nearly a millennium, the Meos of northwest India--one of the largest Muslim populations in South Asia--endured a succession of brutally oppressive regimes, from the Arab conquest in the eighth century through the establishment of the Turkish Sultanate, the Mughal Empire, the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231127316
• ISBN13: 9780231127318
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher