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Modern South Asia : history, culture, political economy
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Title
Modern South Asia : history, culture, political economy / Sugata Bose and Ayesha Jalal.
ISBN
9780415779425 (hbk.)
0415779421 (hbk.)
9780415779432 (pbk.)
041577943X (pbk.)
Edition
3rd ed.
Published
Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2011.
Physical Description
xvii, 259 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso.
Summary
Drawing on the newest and most sophisticated historical research and scholarship in the field, this text provides a challenging insight for those with an intellectual curiosity about the region. After sketching the pre-modern history of the subcontinent, the text concentrates on the last three centuries.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 05, 2011
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
South Asian history : an introduction
Modernity and antiquity : interpretations of ancient India
Pre-modern accommodations of difference : the making of Indo-Islamic cultures
The Mughal Empire : state, economy, and society
India between empires : decline or decentralization?
The transition to colonialism : resistance and collaboration
The first century of British rule, 1757 to 1857 : state and economy
Company Raj and Indian society, 1757 to 1857 : re-invention and reform of tradition
1857 : rebellion, collaboration, and the transition to Crown Raj
High noon of colonialism, 1858 to 1914 : state and political economy
A nation in making? : rational reform, religious revival, and Swadeshi nationalism, 1858 to 1914
Colonialism under siege : state and political economy after World War I
Gandhian nationalism and mass politics in the 1920s
The depression decade : society, economics, and politics
Nationalism and colonialism during World War II and its aftermath : economic crisis and political confrontation
The partition of India and the creation of Pakistan
1947 : memories and meanings
Post-colonial South Asia : state and economy, society, and politics, 1947 to 1971
Post-colonial South Asia : state and economy, society, and politics, 1971 to 2010
Decolonizing South Asia history : the view from a new millennium
Glossary
A chronological outline.
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