Textures Of The Sikh Past

Title: Textures of the Sikh Past: New Historical Perspectives

Editor: Tony Ballantyne

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Place of Publication: New Delhi

Year: 2007

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover

Pages: viii, 328, plus 8 pages of plates

ISBN-10: 0-19-568663-2

ISBN-13: 978-0-19-568663-0

India Club BC: 22650

Description

This collection of scholarly essays presents new approaches to Sikh and Punjab history, examining how religious traditions, social structures, political authority, technological change and migration have shaped the Sikh past. Edited by historian Tony Ballantyne, the volume brings together specialists in Sikh studies, South Asian history, religious studies and diaspora studies.

The essays investigate Sikh scriptural and textual traditions, the formation of the Sikh canon, caste and Dalit Sikh history, Punjab under British rule, transportation and communications, the social impact of plague, Sikh traditions in Orissa, Bhangra, diaspora and modern communications, and Sikh visual culture. Several contributions draw attention to previously underused historical materials and local archives while reassessing established interpretations of Sikh identity and history.

Contributors include Tony Ballantyne, Himadri Banerjee, N. G. Barrier, Ian Catanach, Louis E. Fenech, Ian J. Kerr, W. H. McLeod, Amrit Kaur Singh, Rabindra Kaur Singh, Pashaura Singh and John C. B. Webster. The volume is particularly relevant to academic collections in Sikh studies, Punjab studies, South Asian history, religious studies, social history, diaspora studies and visual culture.

Contents

Preface

Introduction
Tony Ballantyne

Hew McLeod and the Development of Sikh Studies
N. G. Barrier

Vanjara Pothi: A New Source in the Formation of the Sikh Canon
Pashaura Singh

The Two Lives of Bhai Nand Lal ‘Goya’
Louis E. Fenech

Sikhs and Caste
W. H. McLeod

The Dalit Sikhs: A History?
John C. B. Webster

British Rule, Technological Change, and the Revolution in Transportation and Communication: Punjab in the Later Nineteenth Century
Ian J. Kerr

Punjab and the Sikhs through the Prism of Plague
Ian Catanach

Sikhism in Orissa: From the World of the Nanakpanthis to the Domain of the Khalsa
Himadri Banerjee

Bhangra and the Project of Sikh Studies
Tony Ballantyne

Tradition and History: Modern Communications and ‘Sikh-Diaspora’
N. G. Barrier

Sikhism and the Visual Arts
Amrit Kaur Singh and Rabindra Kaur Singh

Notes on Contributors

Condition

New and unused copy from India Club’s preserved inventory. Stored securely in a protective plastic covering.