Unsettling the past : unknown aspects and scholarly assessments of D D Kosambi (Record no. 60219)
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| fixed length control field | 02012nam a2200145 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9788178243849 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 954 |
| Item number | KOS/U |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Kosambi, D. D. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Unsettling the past : unknown aspects and scholarly assessments of D D Kosambi |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Ranikhet |
| Name of publisher | Permanent Black |
| Year of publication | 2013 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xiii, 389 p. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | About the Book: Unsettling the Past: Unknown Aspects and Scholarly Assessments of D D Kosambi<br/><br/>Of virtually no modern historian other than D.D. Kosambi (19071966) can it be said: 'He changed the way in which Indian history was conceptualized and written. In fact, the term 'Renaissance man springs to mind because Kosambis intellectual contributions cross disciplinary boundaries, ranging from ancient history to mathematics to Sanskrit literature to numismatics to Indias energy policy.<br/><br/>This book contains relatively unknown writings by Kosambi, including several obscure but important essays and an unpublished childrens story. Also made available here for the first time are some wonderful letters that Kosambi wrote to, among others, the scientist Homi Bhabha and the writer-historian Robert Graves. These reveal Kosambis mastery of the epistolary art.<br/><br/>Other sections contain tributes to Kosambi by his friends, and essays by major contemporary scholars on his contributions in diverse fields. The volume gives a new and well-rounded picture of Kosambis writings, as well as mature assessments of his scholarship by some of the best minds of our time.<br/><br/>About the Author: D D Kosambi<br/><br/>D D Kosambi (19071966), the Harvard mathematician and Marxist who trained himself in Sanskrit and ancient Indian studies, was arguably Indias most influential historian of the twentieth century. His daughter, Meera Kosambi, who has edited this volume, is a sociologist. Her several books include Crossing Thresholds: Feminist Essays in Social History (2007), and Women Writing Gender: Marathi Fiction before Independence (2012)<br/> |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Kosambi, Meera. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | BK |
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| Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Kannur University Central Library | Kannur University Central Library | Stack | 18/12/2020 | 695.00 | 954 KOS/U | 52295 | BK |