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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Guha’s expertise in early modern Indian history allows him to explore “social structure and historical narration in western India” in great depth."
* Journal of Asian Studies *
"Guha brings together sources from a range of languages and regions toprovide the rst intellectual history of the ways in which socially recognized historicalmemory has been made across the subcontinent. This thoughtful study contributes todebates beyond the eld of history that complicate the understanding of objectivityand documentation in a seemingly post-truth world."
* New Books in South Asian Studies *
"Guha’s book comes at a time when the authority of specialist historians is increasingly under challenge, while the gap between academic and public history seems larger and more in open conflict than ever. Through meticulous presentation of how the practice of history writing is shaped by the social-political context of the recording agents, Guha problematises the view that history writing can be seen as an autonomous cognitive practice of a specialised group."
* South Asia Research *
"[D]evelops important arguments about the public significance of historical knowledge and the essential role of historians in public life."
* History and Theory *
"[O]ffers the most recent reflection on historiography, history, and memory by a leader in the discipline of South Asian history. Given publications spanning a range of topics in South Asian history, such as caste in social and cultural history, environmental history, health and population history, and agrarian history, Guha gives a veteran practitioner’s perspective on history and memory in South Asian history."
* South Asian History and Culture *
"[A] welcome addition to the burgeoning scholarship around the practices of history writing in India and its relationship with the public sphere."
* Contemporary South Asia *
"[E]xtraordinary scholarship."
* H-Asia (H-Net) *
