Modern South Asia History, Culture, Political Economy Book

	List of illustrations
	Preface to the Second Edition
	Preface to the First Edition
	Acknowledgments
1	South Asian history: an introduction	1
2	Modernity and antiquity: interpretations of ancient India	8
3	Pre-modern accommodations of difference: the making of Indo-Islamic cultures	17
4	The Mughal empire: state, economy and society	27
5	Indian between empires: decline or decentralization?	38
6	The transition to colonialism: resistance and collaboration	45
7	The first century of British rule, 1757 to 1857: state and economy	53
8	Company raj and Indian society, 1757 to 1857: reinvention and reform of 'tradition'	60
9	1857: rebellion, collaboration and the transition to crown raj	70
10	High noon of colonialism, 1858 to 1914: state and political economy	78
11	A nation in making? 'Rational' reform, 'religious' revival and swadeshi nationalism, 1858 to 1914	86
12	Colonialism under siege: state and political economy after World War I	102
13	Gandhian nationalism and mass politics in the 1920s	109
14	The Depression decade: society, economics and politics	120
15	Nationalism and colonialism during World War II and its aftermath: economic crisis and political confrontation	128
16	The partition of India and the creation of Pakistan	135
17	1947: memories and meanings	157
18	Post-colonial South Asia: state and economy, society and politics, 1947 to 1971	167
19	Post-colonial South Asia: state and economy, society and politics, 1971 to 2003	182
20	Decolonizing South Asian history: a view from the new millennium	201
	Glossary	207
	A chronological outline	211
	Select bibliography and notes	215
	Index	243