Modern South Asia History, Culture and Political Economy

Name: Modern South Asia History, Culture and Political Economy
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ISBN: 9780415307871

ISBN-10: 0415307872

ISBN-13: 9780415307871

Edition: 2nd 2003 (Revised)

Authors: BOSE, Ayesha Jalal

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A wide-ranging survey of the Indian sub-continent, Modern South Asia gives an enthralling account of South Asian history. After sketching the pre-modern history of the subcontinent, the book concentrates on the last three centuries from c.1700 to the present. Jointly written by two leading Indian and Pakistani historians, Modern South Asia offers a rare depth of understanding of the social, economic and political realities of this region. This comprehensive study includes detailed discussions of: the structure and ideology of the British raj; the meaning of subaltern resistance; the refashioning of social relations along lines of caste class, community and gender; and the state and…

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List price: $37.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 12/18/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English




South Asian History: An Introduction



Modernity and Antiquity: Interpretations of Ancient India



Pre-Modern Accommodations of Difference: The Making of Indo-Islamic Cultures



The Mughal Empire: State, Economy and Society



India Between Empires: Decline or Decentralization



The Transition to Colonialism: Resistance and Collaboration



The First Century of British Rule, 1757 to 1857: State and Economy



Company Raj and Indian Society, 1757 to 1857: reinvention and Reform of'Tradition'



Eighteen Fifty-seven: Rebellion, Collaboration and the Transition to Crown Raj



Highy Noon of Colonialism, 1858 to 1914: State and Political Economy



A Nation in the Making? 'Rational' Reform, 'Religious' revival and Swadeshi Nationalism, 1858 to



Colonialism Under Siege: State and Political Economy after World War I



Gandhian Nationalism and Mass Politics in the 1920s



The Depression Decade: Society, Economics and Politics



Nationalism and Colonialism during World War II and its Aftermath: Economic Crisis and Political Confronatation



The Partition of India and the Creation of Pakistan



Nineteen Forty-seven: Memories and Meanings



Post-Colonial South Asia: State and Economy, Society and Politics, 1947-1971



Post-Colonial South Asia: State and Economy, Society and Politics, 1971-1997



Decolonizing South Asian HIstory: Fiftieth Anniversary Reflections


Glossary


Select Bibliography and Notes


Index