1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453861303321

Autore

Burke S. M

Titolo

Mainsprings of Indian and Pakistani foreign policies [[electronic resource] /] / S. M. Burke

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, [1974]

ISBN

0-8166-6172-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (319 p.)

Disciplina

327.54

Soggetti

Electronic books.

India Foreign relations

Pakistan Foreign relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-293) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Part I. The Heritage; Important Chronology; 1. Hinduism and Islam: The ""Two Closed Systems"" of the Indian Subcontinent; 2. Origins of Indian and Pakistani Foreign Policies; 3. Britain's ""Cut and Run"" Departure and Its Consequences; 4. Jawaharlal Nehru: The Personal Factor; Part II. Independent India and Pakistan: The Opening Decades; 5. The First Moves (1947-53): Goals of Indian and Pakistani Foreign Policies; 6. Panchsheel vs. Defense Alliances (1954-58); 7. Warclouds over South Asia: Sino-Indian Conflict (1959-62)

8. Warclouds over South Asia: Indo-Pakistani Conflict (1963-February 1974)9. Retrospect and Prospect; Appendix. The McMahon Line: Its Origin and Significance in the Sino-Indian Border Dispute; Notes; Bibliography of Sources Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

This study by a South Asian specialist illuminates a vast and complex field. For the first time Indian and Pakistani foreign policies have been paralleled within the covers of a single volume. Also for the first time the author has not chosen as his sta



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456995003321

Autore

Wallerstein Immanuel Maurice <1930->

Titolo

The modern world-system . II Mercantilism and the consolidation of the European world-economy, 1600-1750 [[electronic resource] /] / Immanuel Wallerstein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011

ISBN

1-283-27772-7

9786613277725

0-520-94858-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (399 p.)

Collana

Studies in social discontinuity

Disciplina

303.94

Soggetti

Capitalism - Europe - History

Economic history - 1600-1750

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue to the 2011 Edition -- INTRODUCTION: CRISIS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY? -- 1. THE B-PHASE -- 2. DUTCH HEGEMONY IN THE WORLD ECONOMY -- 3. STRUGGLE IN THE CORE - PHASE I: 1651-1689 -- 4. PERIPHERIES IN AN ERA OF SLOW GROWTH -- 5. SEMIPHERIPHERIES AT THE CROSSROADS -- 6. STRUGGLE IN THE CORE -PHASE II: 1689-1763 -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Immanuel Wallerstein's highly influential, multi-volume opus, The Modern World-System, is one of this century's greatest works of social science. An innovative, panoramic reinterpretation of global history, it traces the emergence and development of the modern world from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.