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Delhi.: Oxford University Press.. 1996.. xii + 490pp, bibliography (few light marks in pencil next to titles), index, light wear dustjacket, now protected with acid free, fully recyclable polypropylene covering, a good copy. "The Nationalization of Hindu Traditions studies how a dominant strand of Hinduism in north India - the tradition which uses and misuses the slogan Hindi-Hindu-Hindustan - came into being in the late nineteenth century. It examines the life and writings of one major Hindi writer of the nineteenth century - Bharatendu Harischandra - as its focal point for an analysis of some of the vital cultural processes through which modern north India, as we experience it today, came to be formed. The issues which it examines include the formation of modern Hindi, the nature of social change with the impact of colonialism, the invention of ideas about holiness, and the creation of a new Hindu national consciousness." Publisher's description. .