A history of modern India, 1480-1950
By: edited by Claude Markovitz ; translated by Nisha George and Maggy Hendry.
Contributors: Markovits, Claude.; George, Nisha.; Hendry, Maggy.
Series: [Anthem South Asian studies]
Publisher: Anthem Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 593
Subjects: India -- History -- 1000-1765.; India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947.
Description: "A History of Modern India provides a comprehensive chronological analysis of India's vibrant and diverse history. As well as examining the evolution of the relationship between the society and the state in its various economic, social, cultural and political forms, it analyses the major empires in modern India from the Moghuls (1580-1739) to the Raj (1818-1947) and discusses the economic, social and intellectual dynamism that accompanied intervening periods of political fragmentation. Finally, the book considers the difficulties confronting the rise of Indian nationalism and the consequent confrontation between religious communities: what should have been the crowning victory of a pacifist anti-colonial movement was instead brutally resolved with the violence of Partition in 1947"--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [543]-553) and index.
English version of: Histoire de l'Inde moderne, 1480-1950.
Series statement from jacket.