A Concise History of Modern IndiaA Concise History of Modern India by Barbara D. Metcalf and Thomas R. Metcalf, has become a classic in the field since it was first published in 2001. As a fresh interpretation of Indian history from the Mughals to the present, it has informed students across the world. In the third edition of the book, a final chapter charts the dramatic developments of the last twenty years, from 1990 through the Congress electoral victory of 2009, to the rise of the Indian high-tech industry in a country still troubled by poverty and political unrest. The narrative focuses on the fundamentally political theme of the imaginative and institutional structures that have successively sustained and transformed India, first under British colonial rule and then, after 1947, as an independent country. Woven into the larger political narrative is an account of India's social and economic development and its rich cultural life. |
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... earliest years with the establish— ment of Portuguese trading enclaves jizya A poll tax levied on non-Muslims that entitled them to protection and freed them from military service jotedar A revenue-collecting intermediary in Bengal, ...
... earliest years with the establish— ment of Portuguese trading enclaves jizya A poll tax levied on non-Muslims that entitled them to protection and freed them from military service jotedar A revenue-collecting intermediary in Bengal, ...
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1 9 90 Clashes with Kashmiri activists leads to years of violence and military occupation. 1991 Congress government under P. V. Narasimha Rao (to 1996); acceleration of economic liberalization; Rajiv Gandhi assassinated.
1 9 90 Clashes with Kashmiri activists leads to years of violence and military occupation. 1991 Congress government under P. V. Narasimha Rao (to 1996); acceleration of economic liberalization; Rajiv Gandhi assassinated.
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... organization, and military and naval technology. This chapter introduces the middle frame of the 'triptych', covering roughly 1206 to 1707, when patterns were set that help explain our traveller's view both back in time and ahead.
... organization, and military and naval technology. This chapter introduces the middle frame of the 'triptych', covering roughly 1206 to 1707, when patterns were set that help explain our traveller's view both back in time and ahead.
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Like these other states, including that of the celebrated Rajput Prithviraj Chauhan, the Turks and Afghans sought above all military successes in order to secure access to the agricultural surplus of the countryside.
Like these other states, including that of the celebrated Rajput Prithviraj Chauhan, the Turks and Afghans sought above all military successes in order to secure access to the agricultural surplus of the countryside.
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They were, in principle, liable to a capitation tax (/izya) but not subject to military conscription. Law, generally, was administered according to the law of the parties or, if they differed, that of the defendant.
They were, in principle, liable to a capitation tax (/izya) but not subject to military conscription. Law, generally, was administered according to the law of the parties or, if they differed, that of the defendant.
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The East India Company Raj 17721850 | 56 |
Revolt the modern state and colonized subjects 184 81885 | 92 |
Civil society colonial constraints 18851919 | 123 |
The crisis of the colonial order 19191939 | 167 |
Triumph and tragedy | 203 |
Democracy and development 19501989 23 1 | 231 |
Prosperity poverty power 26 5 | 265 |
Biographical notes | 295 |
Bibliographic essay 3 01 | 305 |
I 3 | 313 |
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| العنوان | A Concise History of Modern India Cambridge Concise Histories |
| المؤلفون | Barbara D. Metcalf, Thomas R. Metcalf |
| الإصدار | 3, تمت مراجعته |
| الناشر | Cambridge University Press, 2012 |
| رقم ISBN (الرقم الدولي المعياري للكتاب) | 1139537059, 9781139537056 |
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