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Title: Modern South Asia: History, Culture, and Political Economy by Sugata Bose, Ayesha Jalal ISBN: 0-415-16952-6 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: 01 March, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (7 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Hackneyed
Comment: The book lacks originality and boldness, that is required for a post-colonial understanding of the past 300 years of Indian history.
Rating: 2
Summary: Lacks depth
Comment: This is an eighth grade level account of India's history written in a high-sounding English. Also, this book assumes some familiarity by the reader with the past of India, but I think that if you already know that much, you do not need this book.
Perhaps, and only perhaps, the books suffers from mediocrity because the two authors, one of Indian and the other of Pakistani origin, had to make compromises in the emphasis they could jointly place on the aspects of modern India's history which are interesting to the younger generation. One such aspect is the causes and consequences of the partition of India, the role of three parties - the British, Indian National Congress and the Muslim League. The book seems to shy away in taking a hard and penetrating look at this. There are hardly any citations to original sources where one could look for more detail.
There are so many other good books where you can find modern Indian history covered at greater depth and width. If you have limited amount of money to spend to buy a good introductory book, then find another one.
Rating: 3
Summary: Disappointing
Comment: This book will disappoint anybody with a decent knowledge of the history of India. While this book provides is a good general review of the events in the subcontinent over the last 300 years, it is not rigorous in its treatment of various events that have occured.
However, the authors have admirably condensed 300 years of history in a small text and thus the book merits three stars.
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Title: Indian Society and the Making of the British Empire (The New Cambridge History of India) by C. A. Bayly, Gordon Johnson, John F. Richards ISBN: 0521386500 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 26 July, 1990 List Price(USD): $28.00 |
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Title: The Other Side of Silence: Voices from the Partition of India by Urvashi Butalia ISBN: 0822324946 Publisher: Duke University Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: The Nation and Its Fragments by Partha Chatterjee ISBN: 0691019436 Publisher: Princeton University Press Pub. Date: 18 October, 1993 List Price(USD): $20.95 |
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Title: Contentious Traditions: The Debate on Sati in Colonial India by Lata Mani, Lata, 1956 Mani ISBN: 0520214072 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: 01 December, 1998 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: India South Asia: Short Hist by David Ludden ISBN: 1851682376 Publisher: Oneworld Publications Pub. Date: July, 2002 List Price(USD): $20.95 |
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