Defining a Nation: India on the Eve of Independence 1945: Reacting to the Past - Softcover

Embree, Ainslie; Carnes, Mark C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0321355857 ISBN 13: 9780321355850

Publisher: Pearson, 2005

Synopsis

In the struggle to reconcile religious identity with nation building,Defining a Nation: India on the Eve of Independence, 1945 recreates one of the most intractable and important issues of the modern world.

 

Part of the “Reacting to the Past” series, this text consists of a game in which students are assigned roles, informed by classic texts, set in a particular moment of intellectual and social ferment.  The game is set at Simla, in the foothills of the Himalayas, where the British viceroy has invited leaders of various religious and political constituencies to work out the future of Britain’s largest colony.

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It's the most rewarding teaching you can do, because students will take ownership of their learning. --Jeffrey Hyson, Saint Joseph's University"

Reacting to the Past is the most absorbing and engaging teaching I have ever done. . . . Students engage each other with a passion I have rarely seen in a classroom. --Elizabeth Robertson, Drake University

Combines the student instinct for competitive gaming with the academic values of critical thinking and persuasive speaking.--Craig Caldwell, Appalachian State University

It is one of the best ways I know of engaging students in great books and significant moments in history.--Larry Carver, University of Texas at Austin

Reacting to the Past is the most absorbing and engaging teaching I have ever done. . . . Students engage each other with a passion I have rarely seen in a classroom. --Elizabeth Robertson, Drake University

About the Author

Ainslie T. Embree is professor of history emeritus at Columbia University and former president of the American Institute of Asian Studies and of the Association of Asian Studies. He also served as Counselor for Cultural Affairs at the American Embassy in Delhi. His books include India's Search for National Identity, Imagining India, and Utopias in Conflict: Religion and Nationalism in India. He was also editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of Asian History. Mark C. Carnes is professor of history at Barnard College and creator of Reacting to the Past. He is the author of many books in American history and general editor of the 26-volume American National Biography, published by the ACLS and Oxford University Press.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0321355857
• ISBN 13: 9780321355850
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192