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'''Gyan Prakash''' (born 1952) is a historian of modern [[India]] and the Dayton-Stockton Professor of History at [[Princeton University]]. Prakash is a member of the [[Subaltern Studies]] collective. Prakash received his BA in history from the [[University of Delhi]] in 1973, his MA in history from [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]] in 1975, and his PhD in history from [[University of Pennsylvania]] in 1984. His general field of research concerns urban modernity, the colonial genealogies of modernity, and problems of [[postcolonial]] thought and politics. He advises on modern South Asian history, comparative colonialism and postcolonial theory, [[urban history]], [[global history]], and [[history of science]]. In 2014,[[Bombay Velvet (2014 film)|Bombay Velvet]] movie is based on historian [[Gyan Prakash]]'s Mumbai Fables, is the story of how the city became a metropolis against the backdrop of love, greed, violence and jazz music.
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'''Gyan Prakash''' is a historian of modern India and the [[Princeton University Department of History|Dayton-Stockton Professor of History]] at [[Princeton University]]. Prakash is a member of the [[Subaltern Studies]] collective. Prakash received his [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in history from the [[University of Delhi]] in 1973, his [[Master's degree]] in history from [[Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru University]] in 1975, and his [[Doctor of Philosophy|doctorate]] in history from the [[University of Pennsylvania]] in 1984. His field of research concerns urban modernity, genealogies of modernity, and problems of [[postcolonial]] thought and politics. He writes about modern South Asian history, comparative colonialism and postcolonial theory, [[urban history]], [[World history (field)|global history]], and the [[history of science]]. He has also written several books, including [[Mumbai Fables]] (2010), which was adapted into the 2015 film [[Bombay Velvet]] directed by [[Anurag Kashyap]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Gyan Prakash |url=https://penguin.co.in/book_author/gyan-prakash/ |website=[[Penguin India]] |access-date=22 July 2020}}</ref>


==Works==
==Works==
*''Bonded Histories: Genealogies of Labor Servitude in Colonial India'' (1990)
*''Bonded Histories: Genealogies of Labor Servitude in Colonial India'' (1990)
*''Another Reason: Science and the Imagination of Modern India'' (1999)
*''Another Reason: Science and the Imagination of Modern India'' (1999), {{ISBN|9780691004532}}
*''Worlds Together: Worlds Apart: A History of the Modern World, 1300 to the Present'' (2002)
*''Worlds Together: Worlds Apart: A History of the Modern World, 1300 to the Present'' (2002)
*''Mumbai Fables'' (2010)
*''[[Mumbai Fables]]'' (2010), {{ISBN|9789350291665}}
*''Emergency Chronicles: Indira Gandhi and Democracy's Turning Point'' (2019), {{ISBN|0691186723|}}
* (ed.) ''After Colonialism: Imperial Histories and Postcolonial Displacements'' (1995)
* (ed.) ''After Colonialism: Imperial Histories and Postcolonial Displacements'' (1995)
* (ed.) ''The Spaces of the Modern City: Imaginaries, Politics, and Everyday Life'' (2008)
* (ed.) ''The Spaces of the Modern City: Imaginaries, Politics, and Everyday Life'' (2008)
* (ed.) ''Noir Urbanism: Dystopic Images of the Modern City'' (2010)
* (ed.) ''Noir Urbanism: Dystopic Images of the Modern City'' (2010)

==See also==
* [[Science and technology studies in India]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.princeton.edu/history/people/display_person.xml?netid=prakash Princeton University Profile]
* [https://www.princeton.edu/history/people/display_person.xml?netid=prakash Princeton University Profile]
* [http://www.berfrois.com/2010/11/myths-island-city/ "Myths of the Island City"], Gyan Prakash, ''[http://www.berfrois.com/ Berfrois]'', 17 November 2010
* [http://www.berfrois.com/2010/11/myths-island-city/ "Myths of the Island City"], Gyan Prakash, ''[http://www.berfrois.com/ Berfrois]'', 17 November 2010
* [http://press.princeton.edu/chapters/i9334.pdf "Imaging the Modern City, Darkly"] Prakash's introduction to ''Noir Urbanisms: Dystopic Images of the Modern City''
* [http://press.princeton.edu/chapters/i9334.pdf "Imaging the Modern City, Darkly"] Prakash's introduction to ''Noir Urbanisms: Dystopic Images of the Modern City''
* [http://www.oxonianreview.org/wp/mumbai-revisited/ 'Mumbai Revisited'], review of ''Mumbai Fables'' in the ''[[Oxonian Review]]''
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120401231544/http://www.oxonianreview.org/wp/mumbai-revisited/ 'Mumbai Revisited']}}, review of ''Mumbai Fables'' in the ''[[Oxonian Review]]''

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[[Category:Jawaharlal Nehru University alumni]]
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Latest revision as of 03:53, 22 January 2024

Gyan Prakash
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
InstitutionsPrinceton University

Gyan Prakash is a historian of modern India and the Dayton-Stockton Professor of History at Princeton University. Prakash is a member of the Subaltern Studies collective. Prakash received his Bachelor of Arts degree in history from the University of Delhi in 1973, his Master's degree in history from Jawaharlal Nehru University in 1975, and his doctorate in history from the University of Pennsylvania in 1984. His field of research concerns urban modernity, genealogies of modernity, and problems of postcolonial thought and politics. He writes about modern South Asian history, comparative colonialism and postcolonial theory, urban history, global history, and the history of science. He has also written several books, including Mumbai Fables (2010), which was adapted into the 2015 film Bombay Velvet directed by Anurag Kashyap.[1]

Works

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  • Bonded Histories: Genealogies of Labor Servitude in Colonial India (1990)
  • Another Reason: Science and the Imagination of Modern India (1999), ISBN 9780691004532
  • Worlds Together: Worlds Apart: A History of the Modern World, 1300 to the Present (2002)
  • Mumbai Fables (2010), ISBN 9789350291665
  • Emergency Chronicles: Indira Gandhi and Democracy's Turning Point (2019), ISBN 0691186723
  • (ed.) After Colonialism: Imperial Histories and Postcolonial Displacements (1995)
  • (ed.) The Spaces of the Modern City: Imaginaries, Politics, and Everyday Life (2008)
  • (ed.) Noir Urbanism: Dystopic Images of the Modern City (2010)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Gyan Prakash". Penguin India. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
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