Provincializing Europe: Postcolonial Thought and Historical Difference.
TL;DR: Chakrababaity et al. as mentioned in this paper, Provincializing Europe: Postcolonial Thought and Historical Difference Dipesh Chakrabaity Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2000 ix + 301 pp, notes, index
Abstract: Provincializing Europe: Postcolonial Thought and Historical Difference Dipesh Chakrabaity Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2000 ix + 301 pp, notes, index
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