Nation-Building in Indian Anthropology: Beyond the Colonial Encounter

This book, result of years of painstaking research by the author, critically reviews the existing works and their gaps in the history of Indian anthropology and makes a new and valuable addition in the field of the history of academic disciplines in the context of nation building.

Abhijit Guha was a professor in Anthropology at Vidyasagar University, and a Senior Fellow of the Indian Council of Social Science Research, Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata. He has published a number of research papers and popular articles on the history of Indian anthropology, and a book on T.C. Das.