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An Agrarian History of South Asia
Cambridge University Press 1999; US$ 30.00A 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...
Remembering Partition
Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 27.00Gyan Pandey's book is a compelling examination of the violence that marked the Partition of India and how it is remembered. It is also a critique of history-writing and nationalist myth-making. This is a book for historians of South Asia, sociologists, and all those concerned with the Indian subaltern story. more...
Science, Technology and Medicine in Colonial India
Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 46.00In an historical reinterpretation, the author considers the role of science, technology and medicine to provide a survey of recent scholarship and an original overview. He asserts the role of science in the making of colonial India and in the fashioning of Indian responses to British rule. more...
Nur Jahan
Oxford University Press 1993; US$ 124.99Nur Jahan was one of the most powerful and influential women in Indian history. Born on a caravan traveling from Teheran to India, she became the last (eighteenth) wife of the Mughal emperor Jahangir and effectively took control of the government as he bowed to the effects of alcohol and opium. Her reign (1611-1627) marked the highpoint of the Mughal... more...
The India-Pakistan Conflict
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 32.00The India-Pakistan rivalry remains one of the most intractable conflicts of our times. It began with the birth of the two states in 1947, and it has continued ever since. This volume brings together leading experts in international relations theory and comparative politics to explain the persistence of this rivalry. more...
Social and Political Thought of Mahatma Gandhi
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 39.95During his campaign against racism in South Africa, and his involvement in the Congress-led nationalist struggle against British colonial rule in India, Mahatma Gandhi developed a new form of political struggle based on the idea of satyagraha, or non-violent protest. He ushered in a new era of nationalism in India by articulating the nationalist... more...
A Concise History of Modern India
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 24.00A revised and updated history of modern India, including the latest developments from the end of the twentieth century and a new conclusion. This richly illustrated book will be invaluable reading for all interested in India, its turbulent past and its present uncertainties. more...
Gandhi as Disciple and Mentor
Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 30.00Weber's book comprises a series of biographical reflections about people who influenced Gandhi and those who he influenced. Whilst the previous literature has focused on Gandhi's political legacy, this book explores the spiritual and philosophical resonances of these encounters, thereby offering new insights into Gandhi's life and thought. more...
India: The Ancient Past
Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 34.95This carefully crafted study presents the fascinating story of the development and establishment of India?s culture and civilization from early pre-history through to the early second millennium. Encompassing topics such as the Harappan Civilization, the rise of Hindu culture, the influx of Islam in the eighth and the eleventh/twelfth centuries... more...
Lying on the Postcolonial Couch
University of Minnesota Press 2002; US$ 84.00?Nair's book gives postcolonialism a decent burial and looks forward to ?a new language of community.? It exposes the ?numbing rituals of colonial and postcolonial indifference? with a light touch, pausing on postmodern theories on the way.? ?Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak more...









