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South Asia in the World
United Nations University Press 2004; US$ 43.00Presents issues of particular relevance to the region, and explores the potential for improvement both in domestic and international efforts at alleviating the problems of South Asia. more...
Superpower Rivalry in the Indian Ocean
Oxford University Press 1989; US$ 144.99Focusing on a major area of superpower rivalry embracing the Indian Ocean, the Persian Gulf, 42 littoral states and one-third of the world's population, Indian and American authors examine the factors leading to the escalation of tension in this region and the effects of India's military power. more...
Querying the Medieval
Oxford University Press 2000; US$ 94.99The authors look closely at three genres of texts that have been crucial to the representations of pre-colonial India. All three essays challenge not only colonialist scholarship but the attempts by religious nationalists to identify Hinduism as the essence of national identity in India and Buddhism as the essence of nationality in Sri Lanka. more...
South Asia
Infobase Publishing 2005; US$ 30.00This new series puts people in the world geographic landscape, showing students how people are affected by and respond to, economic, social, and political forces at the global and the local scale. more...
On the Grand Trunk Road
Penguin Group US 2009; US$ 16.00Available for the first time in paperback, Steve Coll's trek across a socially and politically damaged South Asia Bestselling author Steve Coll is one of the preeminent journalists of the twenty-first century. His last two books, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Ghost Wars and New York Times bestseller The Bin Ladens , have been praised for their... more...
Global Indian Diasporas
Amsterdam University Press 2007; US$ 59.95A cross-disciplinary overview of the new historical and anthropological research on South Asian migrants worldwide more...
Religion, Violence and Political Mobilisation in South Asia
SAGE India 2005; US$ 35.95An oft-neglected theme in studies on communal violence is the role of the state, particularly of its institutions of law enforcement and policing. Recent experience with religion-based violence in South Asiaparticularly, the 2002 riots in Gujarathas brought into sharp focus this relationship between communal violence and partisan state... more...
Maldives Society & Culture Complete Report
World Trade Press 2010; US$ 28.50Need to know it all? Our all-inclusive culture report for Maldives will get up to speed on all aspects of culture in Maldives, including lifecycle, religion, women, superstitions & folklore, sports, holidays & festivals, and etiquette. more...
Maldives Travel Complete Profile
World Trade Press 2010; US$ 12.00Whether planning your own trip to Maldives, or planning someone elses, youll be equipped with the all-inclusive travel reportboth of our Travel and Points of Interest reports rolled into one. more...
United States and Britain in Diego Garcia
Palgrave Macmillan 2009; US$ 95.00The coral atoll of Diego Garcia (British Indian Ocean Territory) today is a pivotal US naval and air base for all Middle East operations (Afghanistan, Iraq, and potentially, Iran). This book, largely based on hitherto unpublished source material, describes the build-up of the base - starting with a secret US-UK bilateral deal in 1966; the deportation... more...









