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A new history of India

Title
A new history of India / Stanley Wolpert.
Author
Wolpert, Stanley, 1927-2019.
Publication
New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

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xii, 511 pages : maps; 22 cm
Summary
Half a century of freedom has tripled India's population and more than quadrupled its gross domestic product. Its economy has been lifted to new heights, creating an India that is enjoying all the pleasures of modern Western life. For same, however, India's past remains a reality, its poverty a continuing presence, and its economic strides still, unable to create equality among the sexes.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [457]-483) and index.
Contents
1. The Ecological Setting -- 2. Indus Culture (ca. 2500-1600 B.C.) -- 3. The Aryan Age (ca. 1500-1000 B.C.) -- 4. North Indian Conquest and Unification (ca. 1000-450 B.C.) -- 5. India's First Imperial Unification (326-184 B.C.) -- 6. Political Fragmentation and Economic and Cultural Enrichment (ca. 184 B.C.-A.D. 320) -- 7. The Classical Age (A.D. 320-ca. 700) -- 8. The Impact of Islam (ca. 711-1556) -- 9. Mughal Imperial Unification (1556-1605) -- 10. Western Europe's Vanguard (1498-1669) -- 11. Great Mughal Glory (1605-1707) -- 12. Twilight of the Mughal Empire (1707-64) -- 13. John Company Raj (1765-93) -- 14. The New Mughals (1793-1848) -- 15. Unification, Modernization, and Revolt (1848-58) -- 16. Crown Rule -- A New Order (1858-77) -- 17. Indian Nationalism -- The First Movement (1885-1905) -- 18. The Machine Solidifies (1885-1905) -- 19. Revolt, Repression, and Reform (1905-12) -- 20. The Impact of World War One (1914-19) -- 21. Toward Independence (1920-39) -- 22. The Impact of World War Two (1939-46) -- 23. The Nehru Era (1947-64) -- 24. From Collective Leadership to Indira Raj (1964-77) -- 25. Shifting Coalition Sands -- 26. India Today.
ISBN
  • 0195128761
  • 9780195128765
  • 019512877X
  • 9780195128772
LCCN
99017705
OCLC
  • ocm40762703
  • 40762703
  • SCSB-14446753
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library