German Visions of India, 1871-1918: Commandeering the Holy Ganges During the Kaiserreich

By Perry Myers

Book Overview

The wide-ranging fascination with India in Wilhelmine Germany emerged during a time of extraordinary cultural and political tensions. This study shows how religious (denominational and spiritual) dilemmas, political agendas, and shifting social consensus became inextricably entangled in the wider German encounter with India during the Kaiserreich.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349452904
• ISBN13: 9781349452903
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 259 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"