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Modern South Asia: History, Culture, Political Economy
£26.30
Jointly written by two leading Indian and Pakistani historians, Modern South Asia offers a rare depth of historical understanding of the politics, cultures and economies that shape the lives of more than a fifth of humanity. After sketching the pre-modern history of the sub-continent, the book concentrates on the last three centuries.
This new second edition has been updated throughout to take account of recent historical research. It includes an expanded section on post-independence with a completely new chapter on the period from 1991 to the present and a chapter on the last millennium in subcontinental history. There is a new chronology of key events.
This new second edition has been updated throughout to take account of recent historical research. It includes an expanded section on post-independence with a completely new chapter on the period from 1991 to the present and a chapter on the last millennium in subcontinental history. There is a new chronology of key events.
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by abclaret
This is an impressive overview of South Asian history, going over key debates and events in the last three centuries with some clarity. Be it cultural, economic, social or political many angles are covered here and an extensive bibliography is supplied for further invesitgation, but for a starting reader on the history of the times you will probably find no better book.
by Tilak
A spurious effort, synthesizing all the cliched prejudices of Left-liberal cogitation, the main purpose of which is to demean and insult the people of India and Pakistan by equating them with each other. It surely pleased the US State department and the British FCO, but Pakistani Muslims must find it galling to be unceremoniously corralled with despicable Kaffirs whom they are making every effort to destroy with bombs and guns across the length and breadth of India. The educated among the latter will no doubt be delighted to find themselves useful in the noble venture to unite all and sundry, but the majority will find in it a vile misrepresentation of the truth. But that is Left-liberal scholarship from Harvard and it should be read by Obama’s advisers before the launch of a new offensive to demolish India. Mediocre in the extreme and ontologically misconceived in the first place.