LEADER 03792nam 22006852 450 001 9910457841803321 005 20160512102338.0 010 $a1-107-16903-8 010 $a1-107-67218-X 010 $a1-283-57506-X 010 $a1-139-52769-X 010 $a9786613887511 010 $a0-511-81275-2 010 $a0-511-24698-6 010 $a0-511-24483-5 010 $a0-511-31909-6 010 $a0-511-24558-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000352102 035 $a(EBL)274880 035 $a(OCoLC)191035830 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000128332 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11936950 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000128332 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10084731 035 $a(PQKB)10906188 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511812750 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC274880 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL274880 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10150338 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000352102 100 $a20141103d2006|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 12$aA concise history of modern India /$fBarbara D. Metcalf and Thomas R. Metcalf$b[electronic resource] 205 $aSecond edition. 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2006. 215 $a1 online resource (xxxiii, 337 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aCambridge concise histories 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-68225-8 311 $a0-521-86362-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 310-321) and index. 327 $aCOVER; HALF-TITLE; SERIES-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION; PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION; GLOSSARY; CHRONOLOGY; 1 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, 1848-1885; 5 Civil society, colonial constraints, 1885-1919; 6 The crisis of the colonial order, 1919-1939; 7 The 1940s: triumph and tragedy; 8 Congress Raj: democracy and development, 1950-1989 327 $a9 Democratic India in the nineties: coalitions, class, community, consumers, and conflictEPILOGUE: A NEW CENTURY BEGINS; BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHIC ESSAY; INDEX 330 $aIn a second edition of their successful Concise History of Modern India, Barbara Metcalf and Thomas Metcalf explore India's modern history afresh and update the events of the last decade. These include the takeover of Congress from the seemingly entrenched Hindu nationalist party in 2004, India's huge advances in technology and the country's new role as a major player in world affairs. From the days of the Mughals, through the British Empire, and into Independence, the country has been transformed by its institutional structures. It is these institutions which have helped bring about the social, cultural and economic changes that have taken place over the last half century and paved the way for the modern success story. Despite these advances, poverty, social inequality and religious division still fester. In response to these dilemmas, the book grapples with questions of caste and religious identity, and the nature of the Indian nation. 410 0$aCambridge concise histories. 607 $aIndia$xHistory 676 $a954 700 $aMetcalf$b Barbara Daly$f1941-$0600682 701 $aMetcalf$b Barbara Daly$f1941-$0600682 702 $aMetcalf$b Thomas R.$f1934- 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457841803321 996 $aA concise history of modern India$91942362 997 $aUNINA