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Comparative study of religious traditions of the Saora tribe of Orissa and the influence of Christian traditions
Tectum Verlag 2011; US$ 26.08Hauptbeschreibung Social changes are a gradual process, the result of constant effort and support. They cannot be compared to chemical reactions or sudden occurrences. Changes in societies have occurred only when those were ready for change in attitudes and thinking patterns. Christian missionary activities have contributed greatly to the process... more...
Singapore Swing
Summersdale Publishers Ltd. 2007; US$ 10.99For generations of Britons, Singapore was the international crossroads of the Empire, the ultimate colonial posting, the stimulus for writers such as Joseph Conrad, Somerset Maugham or Noel Coward. Can todays hightech 24-hour city with its gleaming skyscrapers and high standard of living provide a similar kind of inspiration to a visitor?John... more...
Ashoka
Little, Brown Book Group 2012; Not AvailableIndia's lost emperor Ashoka Maurya has a special place in history. In his quest to govern India by moral force alone Ashoka turned Buddhism from a minor sect into a world religion and set up a new yardstick for government which had huge implications for Asia. But his brave experiment ended in tragedy and his name was cleansed from the record so effectively... more...
Calcutta Mosaic
Anthem Press India 2009; US$ 99.00Calcutta Mosiac explores the history of the diverse immigrant communities of this great city. more...
Civilizing Missions in Colonial and Postcolonial South Asia
Anthem Press 2011; US$ 99.00This collection provides a historical exploration of the tensions and complexities of civilizing missions undertaken by British or Indian states or organizations in nineteenth- and twentieth-century South Asia. more...
Travellers to the Middle East
Anthem Press 2009; US$ 99.00An invaluable compendium of writing on the Middle East including extracts from canonical and less well known travellers works. more...
Making of the Raj, The: India under the East India Company
ABC-CLIO 2011; US$ 37.00This book opens up a frequently neglected aspect of the rise of British power in India: namely, the impact of that process upon the lives the Indian people themselves for three centuries. more...
The Sole Spokesman
Cambridge University Press 1985; US$ 32.00Ayesha Jalal's book is an important scholarly account of the partition of India in 1947.' American Historical Review more...
The Warrior Merchants
Cambridge University Press 1985; US$ 27.00This book presents a study of one of the most important artisan-merchant communities, the weavers, who form the second largest sector of the south Indian economy. more...
India Rising
Faber and Faber 2012; US$ 14.57India is on the up. Historically derided as the lumbering elephant of Asia, this vast sub-continent has quickened its pace. The economy is booming. Tens of millions have been pulled out of poverty. Software and service companies abound. Millionaire entrepreneurs are springing up at every turn. Bollywood is going global and Indian... more...









