In Spite of the Gods The Rise of Modern India

Name: In Spite of the Gods The Rise of Modern India
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ISBN: 9781400079773

ISBN-10: 1400079772

ISBN-13: 9781400079773

Edition: 2008

Authors: Edward Luce

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India remains a mystery to many Americans, even as it is poised to become the world’s third largest economy within a generation, outstripping Japan. It will surpass China in population by 2032 and will have more English speakers than the United States by 2050. InIn Spite of the Gods, Edward Luce, a journalist who covered India for many years, makes brilliant sense of India and its rise to global power. Already a number-one bestseller in India, his book issure to be acknowledged for years as the definitive introduction to modern India. In Spite of the Godsilluminates a land of many contradictions. The booming tech sector we read so much about in the West, Luce points out, employs no more…

Book details

List price: $17.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 3/11/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 5.14" wide x 7.97" long x 0.93" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



Global and Medieval: India's Schizophrenic Economy



The Burra Sahibs: The Long Tentacles of India's State



Battles of the Righteous: The Rise of India's Lower Castes



The Imaginary Horse: The Continuing Threat of Hindu Nationalism



Long Live the Sycophants!: The Congress Party's Continuing Love Affair with the Nehru-Gandhi Dynasty



Many Crescents: South Asia's Divided Muslims



A Triangular Dance: Why India's Relations with the United States and China Will Shape the World in the Twenty-first Century



New India, Old India: The Many-Layered Character of Indian Modernity


Conclusion: Hers to Lose: India's Huge Opportunities and Challenges in the Twenty-first Century


Notes


Index