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Modern South Asia : history, culture, political economy

Title
Modern South Asia : history, culture, political economy / Sugata Bose and Ayesha Jalal.
Author
Bose, Sugata.
Publication
Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2011.

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Additional Authors
Jalal, Ayesha.
Description
xvii, 259 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
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.
Note
  • "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography (note)
  • 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.
Call Number
JFE 11-2217
ISBN
  • 9780415779425 (hbk.)
  • 0415779421 (hbk.)
  • 9780415779432 (pbk.)
  • 041577943X (pbk.)
LCCN
2010031589
OCLC
YBP 2010031589
Author
Bose, Sugata.
Title
Modern South Asia : history, culture, political economy / Sugata Bose and Ayesha Jalal.
Imprint
Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2011.
Edition
3rd ed.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Jalal, Ayesha.
Research Call Number
JFE 11-2217
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