New History of India

Name: New History of India
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ISBN: 9780195337563

ISBN-10: 0195337565

ISBN-13: 9780195337563

Edition: 8th 2008

Authors: Stanley Wolpert, Stanley Wolpert

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After more than twenty-five years in print, A New History of India continues to be the most readable and popular one-volume history of India available. Now in its eighth edition, this acclaimed text features updated scholarship and bibliographic material throughout and integrates new research on such incisive topics as the Indian diaspora, the economy, and the nuclear issue. In lively, accessible language, Stanley Wolpert condenses more than 4,000 years of India's history into a graceful and engaging narrative. He discusses modern India's rapidly growing population, industry, and economy, and also considers the prospects for India's future. From a carefully balanced perspective, Wolpert…

Book details

List price: $119.99
Edition: 8th
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/26/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 560
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.13" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English

Stanley Wolpertis the author of fourteen books, includingIndia,now in its fourth edition from UC Press,A New History of India,now in its eighth edition, andGandhi's Passion: The Life and Legacy of Mahatma Gandhi.He is Professor Emeritus in the History Department at the University of California, Los Angeles.



Preface



The Ecological Setting



Indus Culture (ca. 2500-1600 B.C.)



The Aryan Age (ca. 1500-1000 B.C.)



North Indian Conquest and Unification (ca. 1000-450 B.C.)



India's First Imperial Unification (326-184 B.C.)



Political Fragmentation and Economic and Cultural Enrichment (ca. 184 B.C.-A.D. 320)



The Classical Age (A.D. 320-ca. 700)



The Impact of Islam (ca. 711-1556)



Mughal Imperial Unification (1556-1605)



Western Europe's Vanguard (1498-1669)



Great Mughal Glory (1605-1707)



Twilight of the Mughal Empire (1707-64)



John Company Raj (1765-93)



The New Mughals (1793-1848)



Unification, Modernization, and Revolt (1848-58)



Crown Rule--A New Order (1858-77)



Indian Nationalism--The First Movement (1885-1905)



The Machine Solidifies (1885-1905)



Revolt, Repression, and Reform (1905-12)



The Impact of World War One (1914-19)



Toward Independence (1920-39)



The Impact of World War Two (1939-46)



The Nehru Era (1947-64)



From Collective Leadership to Indira Raj (1964-77)



From Janata Raj to Indira Gandhi's Assassination



Rajiv Gandhi's Raj



Opening India's Economy to Globalization



Escalating Indo-Pak Conflict and Terror