A history of modern South Asia : politics, states, diasporas / Ian Talbot

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Talbot, Ian, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

South Asia--History.

South Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (357 pages)

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Noted historian Ian Talbot has written a new history of modern South Asia that considers the Indian Subcontinent in regional rather than in solely national terms. A leading expert on the Partition of 1947, Talbot focuses here on the combined history of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh since 1757 and specifically on the impact of external influences on the local peoples and cultures. This text explores the region's colonial and postcolonial past, and the cultural and economic Indian reaction to the years of British authority, thus viewing the transformation of modern South Asia through the lens of a wider world.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Maps

Introduction

One. Borders and Boundaries

Two. Land, Society, Environment

Three. The South Asian Diasporas

Four. British Rule: The First Phase

Five. The "High Noon" of Empire

Six. Indians and the Raj

Seven. The Nation and Beyond: Transnational Anticolonial Struggle

Eight. Independence with Partition

Nine. Nehru and the "New" India

Ten. Pakistan's Failure in Democratic Consolidation

Eleven. Challenges to Nehruvian India

Twelve. Pakistan's National Crisis and the Birth of Bangladesh

Thirteen. Bangladesh Since Independence

Fourteen. Pakistan Since 1971

Fifteen. India Shining

Sixteen. The Contemporary International Relations of South Asia

Chronology

Notes

Glossary

Bibliography

Illustration Credits

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

0-300-21659-9

OCLC:

945610081