Volume I, No. 1, Winter 2001


From the Editor
A New Pedagogical Forum : Teaching South Asia

by Karl J. Schmidt, Associate Professor of History and Director, Project South Asia, Missouri Southern State College, USA

Departments
Art and Craft of Teaching

Challenging Global Paradigms of Ecology and Population: Strategies for Teaching South Asia

by Rebecca A. Johns, Assistant Professor of Geography, University of South Florida, USA

State of the Field

Rich Men's Collections, A Nation's Heritage, and Poor Men's Perceptions: Visitors at the Prince of Wales Museum of Western India

by Savia Viegas, Senior Lecturer and Head, Department of Ancient History at Kishinchand Chellaram College (affiliated to the University of Mumbai), India

Stereotypes in Schooling: Negative Pressures in the American Educational System on Hindu Identity Formation

by Yvette C. Rosser, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Texas at Austin, USA

Introductory Essays

Introducing Indian Prehistory

by Shanti Pappu, Homi Bhabha Fellow, India

The Rebellion of 1857: Origins, Consequences, and Themes

by Heather Streets, Assistant Professor of History, Washington State University, USA

India-Southeast Asian Relations: An Overview

by Patit Paban Mishra, Reader, Department of History, Sambalpur University, India

Perspectives

Reading Indian History Through Marx's Eyes

by John McGuire, Associate Professor of History and Director, South Asia Research Unit, Curtin University of Technology, Australia

The Party System in India

by Prakash Sarangi, Professor of Political Science, University of Hyderabad, India

Teaching Resources

At the Crossroads, on the Web: Electronic Resources on India-Pakistan Security Issues

by Rekha Datta, Associate Professor and Chair of Political Science, Monmouth University, USA

HSY 2105/3105 The Great Divide: Religion and Genocide in 20th Century India (a course syllabus for undergraduates)

by Ian Copland, Associate Professor of History and Undergraduate Studies Coordinator, School of Historical Studies, Monash University, Australia

A Look at the Past: The History Syllabus of the Calcutta University (1916)

From Vincent A. Smith's The Oxford Student's History of India. 6th ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1916.


Notes for Contributors


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