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A Concise History of Modern India
ISBN: 9780521682251 | 0521682258
Edition: 2ndFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date: 10/9/2006
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A revised and updated history of modern India, including the latest developments from the end of the twentieth century and a new conclusion. This richly illustrated book will be invaluable reading for all interested in India, its turbulent past and its present uncertainties.
The second edition of the successful Concise History of India, explores India's modern history afresh and updates the events of the last decade. These include the takeover of Congress from the seemingly entrenched Hindu nationalist party in 200... MORE
The second edition of the successful Concise History of India, explores India's modern history afresh and updates the events of the last decade. These include the takeover of Congress from the seemingly entrenched Hindu nationalist party in 200... MORE
| List of illustrations | vii | ||
| Preface to the second edition | xiii | ||
| Preface to the first edition | xv | ||
| Glossary | xxi | ||
| Chronology | xxvi | ||
| 1 Sultans, Mughals, and pre-colonial Indian s... MORE | 1 | (28) | |
| 2 Mughal twilight: the emergence of regional states and the East India Company | 29 | (27) | |
| 3 The East India Company Raj, 1772– 1850 | 56 | (36) | |
| 4 Revolt, the modern state, and colonized subjects, 1848-1885 | 92 | (31) | |
| 5 Civil society, colonial constraints, 1885–1919 | 123 | (44) | |
| 6 The crisis of the colonial order, 1919–1939 | 167 | (36) | |
| 7 The 1940's: triumph and tragedy | 203 | (28) | |
| 8 Congress Raj: democracy and development, 1950-1989 | 231 | (34) | |
| 9 Democratic India in the nineties: coalitions, class, community, consumers, and conflict | 265 | (31) | |
| Epilogue: a new century begins | 296 | (9) | |
| Biographical notes | 305 | (5) | |
| Bibliographic essay | 310 | (12) | |
| Index | 322 |
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