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  • Tourists at the Tajby Tim Edensor

    Routledge 1998; US$ 59.95

    This book presents for the first time a sociological analysis of the cultural phenomenon, the Taj Mahal. It describes many of the tourist practices around the Taj as well as considering the notion of tourism in a wider context. more...

  • Britain and Tibet 1765-1947by Julie Marshall

    RoutledgeCurzon 2004; US$ 44.95

    A hundred years ago, in 1904, a British mission under Francis Younghusband, along with a formidable military escort commanded by Brigadier-General James Macdonald, entered Lhasa, the capital of Tibet. Thus nearly 150 years of British attempts from their Indian base to establish formal diplomatic relations with the ruling Tibetan theocracy culminated in the deployment of massive armed force. While the Younghusband venture failed to achieve nearly all its stated objectives, it undoubtedly marked the opening of a new era in Central Asian history the full consequences and complexities of which have yet to be revealed in full. To the steadily growing band of students of the history, nature and consequences of Anglo-Tibetan contacts, in which... more...

  • Religion and Nationalism in Indiaby Harnik Deol

    RoutledgeCurzon 2000; US$ 168.00

    This book examines the growth of a nationalist sentiment among the Sikh community in the Punjab. Drawing on a wide range of resources, Deol explores the reasons behind the rise in Sikh militancy over the 1970s and 1980s. more...

  • Territories and States of Indiaby David Lea; Tara Boland-Crewe

    Europa Publications 2002; US$ 280.00

    A reference survey providing a comprehensive understanding of the regional dimension of the country. more...

  • Kashmir Questionby Sumit Ganguly

    Frank Cass 2003; US$ 63.95

    Few bilateral conflicts have proven as resistant to resolution as the Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan. What explains the tenacity of this dispute? The answer is complex and goes to the very basis of state-construction in South Asia. India, which had been created as a civic polity, initially sought to hold on to this Muslim-majority state to demonstrate its secular credentials.1 Pakistan, in turn, had laid claim to Kashmir because it had been created as the homeland for the Muslims of South Asia.2 After the break-up of Pakistan in 1971 the Pakistani irredentist claim to Kashmir lost substantial ground. If Pakistan could not cohere on the basis of religion alone it had few moral claims on its coreligionists in Kashmir. Similarly,... more...

  • Origins of Himalayan Studiesby Thomas Trautmann; David Waterhouse

    RoutledgeCurzon 2004; US$ 188.00

    Brian Hodgson lived in Nepal from 1820-1843 during which time he wrote and published extensively on Nepalese culture, religion, natural history, architecture, ethnography and linguistics. more...

  • Court Chronicle of the Kings of Manipurby Saroj N. Arambam Parratt

    RoutledgeCurzon 2005; US$ 188.00

    This volume contains a copy of the original text of the Cheitharol Kumpapa , the English translation from the original composed in archaic Manipuri script ( Meetei Mayek ), explanatory notes and a glossary. more...

  • Partition of Bengal and Assam, 1932-1947by Bidyut Chakrabarty

    RoutledgeCurzon 2004; US$ 188.00

    This book is a balanced account of the complex processes that finally culminated in the fragmentation of South Asia following decolonization. more...

  • Limited Conflict Under the Nuclear Umbrellaby Ashley J. Tellis; C.Christine Fair; Jamison Jo Medby

    RAND Corporation 2002; US$ 9.95

    This report examines the views of India and Pakistan on the significance of Pakistan's foray into the Kargil-Dras sector in a limited war that has come to be known as the "Kargil conflict". The goal of the analysis is to assess both combatants' perceptions of the crisis. more...

  • Representing Calcuttaby Swatti Chattopadhyay

    Taylor & Francis 2005; US$ 44.95

    Addresses the question of modernity that haunts one's perception of Calcutta. By examining architecture, city plans, paintings, literature, and official reports through the lens of post-colonial, feminist, and spatial theory, this book explores the conditions of colonialism and anti-colonial nationalism that produced the city as a modern artifact. more...