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India (Bharat)

  • Aftermath of Partition in South Asiaby Tan Tai Yong; Gyanesh Kudaisya

    RoutledgeCurzon 2000; US$ 59.95

    The Aftermath of Partition in South Asia draws upon new theoretical insights and fresh bodies of data to historically reappraise partition in the light of its long aftermath. more...

  • An Agrarian History of South Asiaby David Ludden; Gordon Johnson; C. A. Bayly; John F. Richards

    Cambridge University Press 1999; US$ 30.00

    A comprehensive historical framework for understanding the regional diversity of agrarian South Asia from medieval times to the present day. As a comparative synthesis of the literature on agrarian regimes in South Asia, this book will be a valuable student resource. more...

  • Ahmedabadby Howard Spodek

    Indiana University Press 2011; US$ 41.95

    In the 20th century, Ahmedabad was India's "shock city." It was the place where many of the nation's most important developments occurred first and with the greatest intensity -- from Gandhi's political and labor organizing, through the growth of textile, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries, to globalization... more...

  • Akbar and the Jesuitsby Father Pierre du Jarric Jarric

    Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 200.00

    First published in 1926. 'These documents are full of intimate interest' Times Literary Supplement 'A serious and intensely interesting piece of work' The Guardian The Jesuit missionaries were some of the earliest Europeans to find their way into the Mogul empire in the sixteenth century. Spending more years at Akbar's court than others did months,... more...

  • Al-Hind, the making of the Indo-Islamic world. Volume 3, Indo-Islamic society, 14th-15th centuriesby A. Wink

    BRILL 2004; US$ 142.00

    Focuses attention on the role of geography and, more specifically, on the interplay of nomadic, settled and maritime societies. In doing so, it presents a picture of the world of India and the Indian Ocean on the eve of the Portuguese discovery of the sea route. more...

  • Alchemies of Violenceby Lawrence A. Babb

    SAGE India 2004; US$ 64.95

    The several trading castes known generically as `Marwaris` are among the most powerful and wealthy groups in India. While they have spread throughout India and beyond, their homeland is Rajasthan. This absorbing book explores their origin myths and the manner in which these myths construct and express their social identities. Lawrence Babb draws attention... more...

  • Altered Destinationsby Makarand R. Paranjape

    Anthem Press India 2009; US$ 99.00

    ‘Altered Destinations’ addresses the complex interrelations of state, nation and identity in India through the medium of culture, and compellingly reframes the debate in the context of the Gandhian concept of swaraj. more...

  • An American Witness to India’s Partitionby Phillips Talbot

    SAGE India 2007; US$ 59.95

    In 1938 the New York-based Institute of Current World Affairs awarded 23-year-old Phillips Talbot a fellowship with a mandate: visit South Asia and learn about the intricacies of life in India. Till 1950, Talbot graphically recounted the buildup to Indian and Pakistani independence, and the early experiences of the new states in the form of several... more...

  • The Amritsar Massacreby Nick Lloyd

    I.B.Tauris 2011; US$ 35.00

    On 13 April 1919, a fateful event took place which was to define the last decades of the British Raj in India. At 5:10pm on that day, Brigadier-General 'Rex' Dyer led a small party of soldiers through the centre of Amritsar into a walled garden known as the Jallianwala Bagh. He had been informed that an illegal political meeting was taking... more...

  • The Ancient Indus Valleyby JANE R. MCINTOSH

    ABC-CLIO 2007; US$ 75.00

    The Ancient Indus Valley: New Perspectives takes readers back to a civilization as complex as its contemporaries in Mesopotamia and Egypt, one that covered a far larger region, yet lasted a much briefer time (less than a millennium) and left few visible traces.||Researchers have tentatively reconstructed a model of Indus life based on limited material... more...