South Asia's modern history
Subtitle: thematic perspectives
By: Michael Mann
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 426
ISBN-13: 9780415628655; 9780415628662
Subjects: Politics and government; Economic conditions; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: South Asia: a geographical, environmental and historiographical introduction; title: Geographical and political South Asia; title: Historiography of modern South Asia since the 1980s; title: The concept of this book; title: Part I. State formation and empire building in South Asia c. 1660-1800; title: Forms and models: a theoretical approach; title: State formation in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; title: Part II. Patriotisms and nationalisms in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; title: The great rebellion (1857-59); title: National movements (1860-1947); title: Part III. Empire building and state formation in South-Asia 1858-1998; title: The British Raj in India (1858-1947); title: Indian monarchies and principalities; title: India, Pakistan and Bangladesh; title: Part IV. Agriculture and agro-economy; title: Themes and subjects; title: South Asia's agriculture in the eighteenth century; title: Continuities, changes and breaks under the colonial rule; title: Characteristics and consequences of colonial agrarian policy; title: The Green Revolution and the Gene Revolution 1960-2010; title: Part V. Silviculture and scientific forestry; title: Nature, culture and time; title: Forest management in South Asia until 1820; title: The impact of scientific forestry (1860-1920); title: Increasing exploitation and growing resistance 1920-1990; title: The new millennium; title: Part VI. Migration, circulation and diaspora; title: Theories and thoughts; title: Early South Asian migration and diaspora communities; title: South Asians on the new sub-continental and global labour markets; title: Recruitment of indentured labourers; title: Migration and settlement; title: South Asian communities overseas; title: Migrants, twice migrants, guest workers; title: A global Indian diaspora?; title: Part VII. Urbanisation and industrialisation; title: General observations on urban history and urban development; title: Overall trends in crafts and industries; title: Industrialisation and de-industrialisation; title: Indian owned industries; title: The labour market and labourer's organisations; title: Urbanisation; title: Municipality and urban planning; title: Urban development after 1947: metropolises, megacities, middle towns; title: Part VIII. Knowledge, science, technology and power; title: Themes, theories and subjects; title: Education: schools, colleges, universities; title: History and historiography; title: Natural sciences: botany, geography and geology; title: From medical knowledge to scientific medicine; title: Irrigation systems and hydraulic constructions; title: Railway construction and railway networks; title: Telecommunication systems and networks; title: Afterthought and prospect.