Barbara D. Metcalf (Professor Emerita, University of California, Da, Thomas R. Metcalf (Professor Emeritus, University of California, Be

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A Concise History of Modern India

Beschreibung

The 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.

Autor

Barbara D. Metcalf is Professor of History Emerita at the University of California, Davis. Her publications include Islamic Revival in British India (1982) and Islamic Contestations: Essays on Muslims in India and Pakistan (2004).

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Concise Histories
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 3., überarb. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 362
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 470g
• ISBN-13: 9781107672185
• ISBN-10: 110767218X
• Artikelnr.: 36029808

Rezensionen

'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