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Richard M. Eaton
BornRichard Maxwell Eaton
1940
Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States]
OccupationHistorian
CitizenshipAmerican
Alma materCollege of Wooster, University of Virginia, University of Wisconsin–Madison
GenreHistory
Notable works
  • India in the Persianate Age: 1000-1765

Richard Maxwell Eaton (1940 -)[1][2][3] is an American historian, currently Professor of history at the University of Arizona.[4][5] He is known for having written the notable books on Indian history before 1800. He is also creditd to his work on the social roles of Sufis, slavery, and cultural history of pre-modern Indian.[6] His research has mainly concentrated on the Deccan, Bengal Frontier, Islam in India and, most importantly India in the Persianate Age: 1000-1765 book was the one that involves around new history of India from the middle ages to the arrival of the British.[7][8][9]

Publications

Eaton has written several books on India and related topics:.

  • Sufis of Bijapur, 1300-1700 - Princeton University Preas : 1978[10]
  • Islamic History as Global History - American Historical Association,: 1990
  • Firuzabad: Palace City of the Deccan - Oxford University Press : 1992
  • The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier, 1204-1760 - Oxford University Press : 1993
  • Essays on Islam and Indian history - Oxford University Press : 2000[11]
  • A Social History of the Deccan, 1300-1761 0 Eight Indian Lives. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, - published: 2000 (he New Cambridge History of India. I.8,)
  • Temple Desecration and Muslim States in Medieval India - published: 2004
  • Power, Memory, Architecture: Contested Sites on India's Deccan Plateau, 1300-1600 - Oxford University Press: 2014
  • India in the Persianate Age: 1000-1765 - University of California Press; Penguin: 2019[12][13]
  • co-ed. with Ramya Sreenivasan. The Oxford Handbook of the Mughal World. 2020. (in process, DOI:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190222642.001.0001

References

  1. ^ https://viaf.org/viaf/56655768/
  2. ^ "New book focusses on rise of Persianate age in Indian subcontinent".
  3. ^ "Some musings from Ayodhya".
  4. ^ "'We will never know the number of temples desecrated through India's history': Richard Eaton".
  5. ^ Sharma, Sudhirendar (December 14, 2019). "'India in the Persianate Age' review: The syncretic age of Persia in India". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
  6. ^ "Eaton, Richard M".
  7. ^ Eaton, Richard M. (2020-07-02). India in the Persianate Age: 1000-1765. Penguin Books, Limited. ISBN 9780141985398 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ "Richard Maxwell Eaton". www.goodreads.com.
  9. ^ "India in the Persianate Age : Richard Maxwell Eaton : 9780713995824". www.bookdepository.com.
  10. ^ The Sufis of Bijapur, 1300-1700. March 8, 2015. ISBN 9780691616483 – via press.princeton.edu.
  11. ^ Eaton, Richard Maxwell (February 6, 2002). Essays on Islam and Indian History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195662658 – via Google Books.
  12. ^ "Richard M Eaton Books - Biography and List of Works - Author of 'A Social History Of the Deccan, 13001761'". www.biblio.com.
  13. ^ "Eaton, Richard Maxwell". WorldCat Identities.