ISBN:
0521639743
,
0521630274
Language:
English
Pages:
XXIII, 321 S.
,
Ill., Kt.
Edition:
1. publ.
Series Statement:
Cambridge concise histories
DDC:
954
Keywords:
Geschichte 1500-2010
;
Geschichte 1500-2000
;
História - Índia
;
Demokratie
;
Geschichte
;
Gesellschaft
;
Kolonialgeschichte
;
Kultur
;
Geschichte
;
Geschichte
;
Inde - Histoire
;
Índia (HistÓria)
;
Indien
;
Indien
;
India History
;
Indien
;
Indien
;
Geschichte
;
Indien
;
Geschichte 1500-2010
;
Indien
;
Geschichte 1500-2000
Abstract:
While early histories were often composed as handmaids of British imperialism or as products of emerging nationalist identities, this book challenges the notion that a continuous meaning can be applied to social categories such as 'caste', 'Hindu', 'Muslim', or even 'India'. The narrative focuses on the fundamentally political theme of the imaginative and instituional structures that successively changed and sustained both colonial and independent India. It also documents the social changes and the rich cultural life that were constituted in interaction with that political structure and vision. Earlier chapters focus on the period of Muslim dynasties that preceded colonial conquest, and the book concludes with the dramatic recent events of the 1990s, including economic change, religious nationalism and India's emergence as a nuclear power. Illustrations and quotations from historical sources are integral to the narrative.
