A history of modern India
Material type: TextPublication details: New Delhi Cambridge university press 2015Description: 486 pISBN: 9781107065475 (hardback); 9781107659728 (paperback)Subject(s): HISTORY / Asia / India & South AsiaDDC classification: 954.03 Scope and content: "Takes up the subject of modern India, tracing developments that have occurred from the eighteenth century to independence"-- This book provides an interpretive and comprehensive account of the history of India between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries, a crucial epoch characterized by colonialism, nationalism and the emergence of the independent Indian Union. It explores significant historiographical debates concerning the period while highlighting important new issues, especially those of gender, ecology, caste, and labour. The work combines an analysis of colonial and independent India in order to underscore ideologies, policies, and processes that shaped the colonial state and continue to mould the Indian nation.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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BK | Kannur University Central Library Stack | 954.03 ISH/H (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 52146 |
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"Takes up the subject of modern India, tracing developments that have occurred from the eighteenth century to independence"--
This book provides an interpretive and comprehensive account of the history of India between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries, a crucial epoch characterized by colonialism, nationalism and the emergence of the independent Indian Union. It explores significant historiographical debates concerning the period while highlighting important new issues, especially those of gender, ecology, caste, and labour. The work combines an analysis of colonial and independent India in order to underscore ideologies, policies, and processes that shaped the colonial state and continue to mould the Indian nation.
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