Modern South Asia : history, culture, political economy /
Sugata Bose and Ayesha Jalal.
- x, 303 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-281) and index.
List of illustrations -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Acknowledgments -- South Asian history: an introduction -- Modernity and antiquity: interpretations of ancient India -- Pre-modern accommodations of difference: the making of Indo-Islamic cultures -- The Mughal empire: state, economy and society -- Indian between empires: decline or decentralization? -- The transition to colonialism: resistance and collaboration -- The first century of British rule, 1757 to 1857: state and economy -- Company raj and Indian society, 1757 to 1857: reinvention and reform of 'tradition' -- 1857: rebellion, collaboration and the transition to crown raj -- High noon of colonialism, 1858 to 1914: state and political economy -- A nation in making? 'Rational' reform, 'religious' revival and swadeshi nationalism, 1858 to 1914 -- Colonialism under siege: state and political economy after World War I -- Gandhian nationalism and mass politics in the 1920s -- The Depression decade: society, economics and politics -- Nationalism and colonialism during World War II and its aftermath: economic crisis and political confrontation -- The partition of India and the creation of Pakistan -- 1947: memories and meanings -- Post-colonial South Asia: state and economy, society and politics, 1947 to 1971 -- Post-colonial South Asia: state and economy, society and politics, 1971 to 2003 -- Decolonizing South Asian history: a view from the new millennium -- Glossary -- A chronological outline -- Select bibliography and notes -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.