Modern India The Origins of an Asian Democracy

Name: Modern India The Origins of an Asian Democracy
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ISBN: 9780198731139

ISBN-10: 0198731132

ISBN-13: 9780198731139

Edition: 2nd 1994 (Revised)

Authors: Judith M. Brown

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A new edition of this widely used text covers the last two centuries of Indian history, concluding with an epilogue written from the perspective of the 1990s. It thematically and analytically discusses the emergence of India as one of the world's largest democracies and one of the most stable of the states to emerge from the experience of colonialism. The foundations of this rare phenomenon in either Asia or Africa are seen in India's society, the ideas and beliefs of her people, and the institutions of government and politics which have developed on the subcontinent, in a process of interaction between what was indigenous to India and the many external influences brought to bear on the…

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List price: $68.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/26/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English




The Indian Subcontinent: Land, People, and Power



The Consolidation of Dominion: Illusion and Reality



The Dilemmas of Dominion



War and the Search for a New Order



A Critical Decade: India--Empire or Nation?



India in the 1940s: A Great Divide?



Epilogue: India's Democratic Experience


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Suggestions for Further Reading


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