A Concise History of Modern IndiaCambridge University Press, 24/09/2012 A 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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... elite at the centre of our narrative because they have been the driving force for historical change. A 'subalternist' might appropri— ately insist that such an emphasis does not do justice to the multiple mentalities and diverse lived ...
... elite at the centre of our narrative because they have been the driving force for historical change. A 'subalternist' might appropri— ately insist that such an emphasis does not do justice to the multiple mentalities and diverse lived ...
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... elite was Persian. As participants in a Persian—speaking culture that stretched into central and south— west Asia ... elites and those ruled. The rulers comprised not only those of Turkic heritage but also Afghan, Persian, and native ...
... elite was Persian. As participants in a Persian—speaking culture that stretched into central and south— west Asia ... elites and those ruled. The rulers comprised not only those of Turkic heritage but also Afghan, Persian, and native ...
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... from Delhi to Rajasthan. Akbar embraced and then built on the Sultanate policy of a diverse and inclusive ruling elite. He sought to incorporate powerful I \ . aw 4: I .~_' . II ., Sultans, Mughals, and pre—colonial Indian society 15.
... from Delhi to Rajasthan. Akbar embraced and then built on the Sultanate policy of a diverse and inclusive ruling elite. He sought to incorporate powerful I \ . aw 4: I .~_' . II ., Sultans, Mughals, and pre—colonial Indian society 15.
الصفحة 17
... elites com— prised not only differing strands from central Asia, but Persians (who as Shi'a differed in religion from the majority Sunni Muslims), some Arabs, as well as locally born Muslims, Rajputs, together with a few Brahmans and ...
... elites com— prised not only differing strands from central Asia, but Persians (who as Shi'a differed in religion from the majority Sunni Muslims), some Arabs, as well as locally born Muslims, Rajputs, together with a few Brahmans and ...
الصفحة 18
... elite in Akbar's court. Among them were the architect of the empire's agrarian policies, Todar Mal, and the courtier and confidant, Birbal, whose hons mots and humour have come down through history. There were court 'ulama who opposed ...
... elite in Akbar's court. Among them were the architect of the empire's agrarian policies, Todar Mal, and the courtier and confidant, Birbal, whose hons mots and humour have come down through history. There were court 'ulama who opposed ...
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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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