Hobson-Jobson: The Definitive Glossary of British India - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Henry Yule, A. C. Burnell, Kate Teltscher (Editor)Series:Oxford World's ClassicsPublish date:2015-08-01Pages:624
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780198718000ISBN-10:198718004UPC:9780198718000Book Category:Literary Collections, ReferenceBook Subcategory:European, Directories, EncyclopediasBook Topic:English, Irish, Scottish, WelshSize:7.81 x 4.89 x 0.88 inchesWeight:0.9811Product ID:SCRW437CTP
Hobson-Jobson: The Definitive Glossary of British India
"A glossary of colloquial Anglo-Indian words and phrases, and of kindred terms, etymological, historical, geographical and discursive." Hobson-Jobson is a unique work of maverick scholarship. Compiled in 1886 by two India enthusiasts, it documents the words and phrases that entered English from Arabic, Persian, Indian, and Chinese sources - and vice versa. Described by Salman Rushdie as "the...
Series: Oxford World's Classics
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780198718000ISBN-10:198718004UPC:9780198718000Book Category:Literary Collections, ReferenceBook Subcategory:European, Directories, EncyclopediasBook Topic:English, Irish, Scottish, WelshSize:7.81 x 4.89 x 0.88 inchesWeight:0.9811Product ID:SCRW437CTP
Kate Teltscher has written about Indian literature and colonial works for both an academic and general readership. Her book The High Road to China: George Bogle, the Panchen Lama and the First British Expedition to Tibet (Bloomsbury, 2006; Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2007) was shortlisted for the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Biography.
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