num_pages: 272
description: Jointly written by two leading Indian and Pakistani historians, Modern South Asia offers a rare depth of historical understanding of the politics, cultures and economies that shape the lives of more than a fifth of humanity. After sketching the pre-modern history of the sub-continent, the book concentrates on the last three centuries.This new second edition has been updated throughout to take account of recent historical research. It includes an expanded section on post-independence with a completely new chapter on the period from 1991 to the present and a chapter on the last millennium in subcontinental history. There is a new chronology of key events.
language: English
title: Modern South Asia: History, Culture, Political Economy
titlecomplete: Modern South Asia: History, Culture, Political Economy
genres: History, Indian Literature, Economics, India, Asia, School, Nonfiction, Academic, Pakistan, Politics
ratings_count: 258
publisher: Routledge