New History of India

Name: New History of India
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ISBN: 9780195166781

ISBN-10: 0195166787

ISBN-13: 9780195166781

Edition: 7th 2003 (Revised)

Authors: Stanley Wolpert

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After more than twenty-five years in print, A New History of India continues to be the most accessible and popular one-volume history of India available. Stanley Wolpert has condensed more than 4,000 years of India's history into a graceful and engaging text. He discusses modern India's rapidly growing population, industry, and economy, and also considers the prospects for India's future. Wolpert strives to record India's history fairly and truthfully, portraying the brightest achievements of Indian civilization as well as its persistent social inequities and its economic and political corruption. Now entirely redesigned, A New History of India, 7/e, includes photographs for the first time,…

Book details

List price: $47.95
Edition: 7th
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/25/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 544
Size: 8.19" wide x 5.39" long x 1.18" tall
Weight: 1.320
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.




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)



Shifting Coalition Sands



India Today


Bibliography


Glossary


Index