 | Early Writings on India: A Union Catalogue of Books on India in the English Language Published up to 1900 and Available in Delhi Libraries Subjects: Area Studies; Humanities; History; Asian Studies; South Asian Studies; British History; Asian History; World/ International History; Modern History 1750-1945; Imperial & Colonial History; Social & Cultural History; This book, first published in 1975, is a comprehensive list of all the books on India, written in English before 1900. It is an invaluable reference source on India of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Apart from the work of professional writers, there are the writings of a cross-section of society from soldiers to scientists. We find dictionaries of obscure dialects written by government officials, descriptions of their travels by visiting clerics, homely details of everyday life by housewives, as well as technical and scientific works written by scholars. Dr. Kaul is the Founder Director of DELNET, Founder Secretary-General of the Poetry Society (India) and worked as Chief Librarian of India International Centre, New Delhi. |
