Subalterns and Raj: South Asia since 1600

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Routledge, Sep 16, 2013 - History - 416 pages

Subalterns and Raj presents a unique introductory history of India with an account that begins before the period of British rule, and pursues the continuities within that history up to the present day. Its coverage ranges from Mughal India to post-independence Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, with a focus on the ‘ordinary’ people of India and South Asia.

Subalterns and Raj examines overlooked issues in Indian social history and highlights controversies between historians. Taking an iconoclastic approach to the elites of South Asia since independence, it is critical of the colonial regime that went before them.

This book is a stimulating and controversial read and, with a detailed guide to further reading and end-of-chapter bibliographies, it is an excellent guide for all students of the Indian subcontinent.

 

Contents

List of figures
The decline of Mughal India and rise of European dominion
Social and economicchange in the early nineteenth century
Peasant resistance rebellion and the uprising of 1857
economic and social conditions in thelate nineteenth century
Aftermath of the First World War and M K Gandhis rise
Quit India and partition 193947
Pakistan and Bangladesh post1947
The Nehruvian
Local patriotism and centrestate relations
identity
the dilemmas of national
Neonationalism and the challenge of democracy
South Asiain the new millennium
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