Binding: Paperback
Description: The fifth edition of Modern South Asia draws on the newest historical research and scholarship in the field to interpret and debate key developments in modern South Asian history and historical writing covering the diverse spectrum of the subcontinent's social economic and political past. Jointly authored by two leading Indian and Pakistani historians this definitive study offers a rare depth of historical understanding of the politics cultures and economies that have shaped the lives of more than a fifth of humanity. This new edition on the 75th anniversary of independence and partition brings the narrative up to the present day discussing recent events and addressing new themes such as the capture of state power in India by the forces of religious majoritarianism economic development in the context of the rise of Asia and strategic shifts occasioned by the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and China's increasing role in the region. Providing fresh insights into the structure and ideology of the British raj the meaning of subaltern resistance the refashioning of social relations along lines of caste class religion and gender the different strands of anti - colonial nationalism and the dynamics of decolonization this is an essential resource for all students of the modern history of South Asia in an Indian Ocean and global context.
Title: Modern South Asia History Culture Political Economy
Author(s): Jalal Ayesha (Tufts University Usa)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9781032124186
Pages: 298 Pages, 5 Line Drawings, Black And White; 33 Halftones, Black And White; 38 Illustrations, Black
Publication Date: 10/14/2022
Category: Regional Geography