Modern South Asia
Subtitle: history, culture, political economy
By: Sugata Bose and Ayesha Jalal
Contributors: Jalal, Ayesha
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9780415779425; 9780415779432
Subjects: History
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: South Asian history : an introduction; title: Modernity and antiquity : interpretations of ancient India; title: Pre-modern accommodation of difference : the making of Indo-Islamic cultures; title: The Mughal Empire : state, economy, and society; title: India between empires : decline or decentralization?; title: The transition to colonialism : resistance and collaboration; title: The first century of British rule, 1757 to 1857 : state and economy; title: Company Raj and Indian society, 1757 to 1857 : reinvention and reform of tradition; title: 1857 : rebellion, collaboration, and the transition to Crown Raj; title: High noon of colonialism, 1858 to 1914 : state and political economy; title: A nation in making? : rational reform, religious revival, and Swadeshi nationalism, 1858 to 1914; title: Colonialism under siege : state and political economy after World War I; title: Gandhian nationalism and mass politics : the 1920s; title: The depression decade : society, economics, and politics; title: Nationalism and colonialism during World War II and its aftermath : economic crisis and political confrontation; title: The partition of India and the demand for Pakistan 1947 : its meaning and memory; title: Post-colonial South Asia : state and economy, society, and politics, 1947-1971; title: Post-colonial South Asia : state and economy, society, and politics, 1971-2003; title: Decolonizing South Asia : the view from a new millennium.