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A concise history of modern India /
In a second edition of their successful Concise History of Modern India, Barbara Metcalf and Thomas Metcalf explore India's modern history afresh and update the events of the last decade. These include the takeover of Congress from the seemingly entrenched Hindu nationalist party in 2004, India...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2006.
Ã2006 |
| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
| Colección: | Cambridge concise histories.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In a second edition of their successful Concise History of Modern India, Barbara Metcalf and Thomas Metcalf explore India's modern history afresh and update the events of the last decade. These include the takeover of Congress from the seemingly entrenched Hindu nationalist party in 2004, India's huge advances in technology and the country's new role as a major player in world affairs. From the days of the Mughals, through the British Empire, and into Independence, the country has been transformed by its institutional structures. It is these institutions which have helped bring about the social, cultural and economic changes that have taken place over the last half century and paved the way for the modern success story. Despite these advances, poverty, social inequality and religious division still fester. In response to these dilemmas, the book grapples with questions of caste and religious identity, and the nature of the Indian nation. |
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| Notas: | Originally published: A concise history of India. Cambridge; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxxiii, 337 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 310-321) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511246982 0511246986 0511245580 9780511245589 0511243332 9780511243332 9780511812750 0511812752 9780511244834 0511244835 128183646X 9781281836465 |