Sold Out
Book Categories |
List of Illustrations | ||
List of Maps and Spelling | ||
Series Editor's Preface | ||
Acknowledgements | ||
Note on the Maps | ||
1 | Introduction | 5 |
2 | Ancient Days | 45 |
The Pre-formation of Indian Civilization | 45 | |
Vedic Culture | 52 | |
Political and Religious Developments | 58 | |
Religion in the Later Vedic Period | 64 | |
The Nature of the Mauryan Kingdom | 73 | |
Towards the Classical Pattern | 79 | |
Early Hinduism | 83 | |
Developments in the South | 89 | |
The Age of the Early Empires | 90 | |
The Gupta Classical Pattern | 95 | |
The Classical Pattern Elaborated and Extended: the South | 100 | |
3 | Medieval India | 111 |
Introduction | 111 | |
Medieval Kingdoms | 116 | |
The Role of the Southern Kingdoms | 129 | |
The Advent of Islam | 134 | |
The Indian Development of Islam | 143 | |
The Deccan and the South | 150 | |
Vijayanagara | 152 | |
States and Communities | 155 | |
4 | Early Modern India | 160 |
Introduction | 160 | |
The Mughal Empire | 164 | |
The Wars of the Mughal Succession | 176 | |
The Last Act of the Mughals | 184 | |
The Maratha Moment | 189 | |
The Shadow of Europe | 197 | |
5 | The East India Company | 201 |
Introduction | 201 | |
The Joint Trajectory of Development | 207 | |
The Company Perpetuates the Past | 216 | |
The Emergence of a New Order | 220 | |
Mutiny and Revolt | 226 | |
Late Company Rule | 227 | |
6 | The Crown Replaces the Company | 239 |
The Contemporary State | 239 | |
After the Mutiny | 241 | |
The Rule of the Raj | 250 | |
The Political Economy of the Late Nineteenth Century | 258 | |
Cultural Change, Education and New Classes | 264 | |
The Politicization of Class, Caste and Gender | 273 | |
7 | Towards Freedom | 284 |
Two Types of Nationalism | 284 | |
Early Congress and Its Adversaries | 287 | |
War, Sacrifice and Mass Political Mobilization | 297 | |
Imperialism's Paradoxical Enemy | 299 | |
The First Campaigns | 305 | |
Between Campaigns | 310 | |
Conditions for a New Politics | 317 | |
8 | Gandhi's Triumph | 319 |
Civil Disobedience | 319 | |
The Left in Politics | 336 | |
The Right Prevails | 343 | |
War and the Last Act Begins | 349 | |
The Bitter Victory of Partition | 358 | |
9 | New States, Old Nations | 367 |
Territorial Passage | 367 | |
The Promises of Independence | 368 | |
Pakistan in Parallel | 378 | |
The Green Revolution: Promise of Plenty | 387 | |
Environmental Problems, Old and New | 388 | |
The Condition of Women: Broken Promises | 395 | |
Communal Politics: Shattered Pluralism | 399 | |
India and the World | 403 | |
Promises Kept, Promises Broken | 407 | |
Glossary of Non-English Terms | 409 | |
Persons | 414 | |
Notes | 417 | |
Burton Stein (1 August 1926 to 26 April 1996) | 420 | |
Index | 426 |
Login|Complaints|Blog|Games|Digital Media|Souls|Obituary|Contact Us|FAQ
CAN'T FIND WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? CLICK HERE!!! X
You must be logged in to add to WishlistX
This item is in your Wish ListX
This item is in your CollectionA History of India
X
This Item is in Your InventoryA History of India
X
You must be logged in to review the productsX
X
X
Add A History of India, This new edition of Burton Stein's classic A History of India builds on the success of the original to provide an updated narrative of the development of Indian society, culture and politics from 7000 BC to the present. The book offers a comprehensive , A History of India to the inventory that you are selling on WonderClubX
X
Add A History of India, This new edition of Burton Stein's classic A History of India builds on the success of the original to provide an updated narrative of the development of Indian society, culture and politics from 7000 BC to the present. The book offers a comprehensive , A History of India to your collection on WonderClub |