How Long to Read Aryans and British India

How Long Does it Take to Read Aryans and British India?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 42 minutes to read Aryans and British India by Thomas R. Trautmann

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

"Aryan," a word that today evokes images of racial hatred and atrocity, was first used by Europeans to suggest bonds of kinship, as Thomas Trautmann shows in his far-reaching history of British Orientalism and the ethnology of India. When the historical relationship uniting Sanskrit with the languages of Europe was discovered, it seemed clear that Indians and Britons belonged to the same family. Thus the Indo-European or Aryan idea, based on the principle of linguistic kinship, dominated British ethnological inquiry. In the nineteenth century, however, an emergent biological "race science" attacked the authority of the Orientalists. The spectacle of a dark-skinned people who were evidently civilized challenged Victorian ideas, and race science responded to the enigma of India by redefining the Aryan concept in narrowly "white" racial terms. By the end of the nineteenth century, race science and Orientalism reached a deep and lasting consensus in regard to India, which Trautmann calls "the racial theory of Indian civilization," and which he undermines with his powerful analysis of colonial ethnology in India. His work of reassessing British Orientalism and the Aryan idea will be of great interest to historians, anthropologists, and cultural critics.

How long is Aryans and British India?

Aryans and British India by Thomas R. Trautmann is 276 pages long, and a total of 70,656 words.

This makes it 93% the length of the average book. It also has 86% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Aryans and British India Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 26 minutes to read Aryans and British India aloud.

What Reading Level is Aryans and British India?

Aryans and British India is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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