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Book SynopsisThe Metcalfs' classic history of India has informed students across the world since publication in 2001. This third edition charts the developments of the last twenty years, from 1990 through the Congress electoral victory of 2009, to the rise of the Indian high-tech industry in a country still troubled by poverty and political unrest.
Trade Review'This is a beautifully written book, intended for the smart and engaged general reader of history, as well as students of South Asia. A classic in the field!' Durba Ghosh, Cornell University
'A Concise History of Modern India is an indispensable guide to Indian history, culture, religion, and politics from the fourteenth century to India's emergence as a major player in information technology and the global economy in the new millennium. Beautifully crafted, lucidly written, and analytically uncompromising this book is invaluable to scholars interested in the rich and contradictory history of the world's largest democracy.' Rochona Majumdar, University of Chicago
Table of Contents1. Sultans, Mughals, and pre-colonial Indian society; 2. Mughal twilight: the emergence of regional states and the East India Company; 3. The East India Company Raj, 1772–1850; 4. Revolt, the modern state, and colonized subjects, 1848–85; 5. Civil society, colonial constraints, 1885–1919; 6. The crisis of the colonial order, 1919–39; 7. The 1940s: triumph and tragedy; 8. Congress Raj: democracy and development, 1950–89; 9. Democratic India at the turn of the Millennium: prosperity, poverty, power.
