| Description |
x, 303 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. South Asian History: An Introduction 2. Modernity and Antiquity: Interpretations of Ancient India 3. Pre Modern Accommodations of Difference: The Making of Indo Islamic Cultures 4. The Mughal Empire: State, Economy and Society 5. India Between Empires: Decline or Decentralization? 6. The Transition to Colonialism: Resistance and Collaboration 7. The First Century of British Rule, 1757 to 1857: State and Economy 8. Company Raj and Indian Society, 1757 to 1857: Reinvention and Reform of 'Tradition' 9. Eighteen Fifty seven: Rebellion, Collaboration and the Transition to Crown Raj 10. High Noon of Colonialism, 1858 to 1914: State and Political Economy 11. A Nation in the Making? 'Rational' Reform, 'Religious' Revival and Swadeshi Nationalism, 1858 to 1914 12. Colonialism Under Siege: State and Political Economy after World War I 13. Gandhian Nationalism and Mass Politics in the 1920s 14. The Depression Decade: Society, Economics and Politics 15. Nationalism and Colonialism during World War II and its Aftermath: Economic Crisis and Political Confrontation 16. The Partition of India and the Creation of Pakistan 17. Nineteen Forty seven: Memories and Meanings 18. Post Colonial South Asia: State and Economy, Society and Politics, 1947 1971 19. Post Colonial South Asia: State and Economy, Society and Politics, 1971 1997 20. Decolonizing South Asian History: Fiftieth Anniversary Reflections. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [250]-281) and index. |
| Subject |
South Asia -- History.
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| Added Author |
Jalal, Ayesha.
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| ISBN |
0415169518 |
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0415169526 paperback |
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