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Caste, Society and Politics in India from the Eighteenth Century to the Modern Age by Susan Bayly 9780521798426
RRP: $39.98$33.58The phenomenon of caste has probably aroused more controversy than any other aspect of Indian life and thought. Susan Bayly's cogent and sophisticated analysis explores the emergence of the ideas, experiences and practices which gave rise to the... -
The Marathas 1600-1818 by Stewart Gordon 9780521033169
RRP: $29.66$25.23In this book, Dr Stewart Gordon presents a comprehensive history of one of the most colourful and least-understood kingdoms of India: the Maratha Empire. The empire was founded by Shivaji in the mid-seventeenth century, spread across most of India during... -
The Indian Princes and their States by Barbara N. Ramusack
RRP: $32.24$27.32Although the princes of India have been caricatured as oriental despots and British stooges, Barbara Ramusack's study argues that the British did not create the princes. On the contrary, many were consummate politicians who exercised considerable degrees... -
Ordering Violence: Explaining Armed Group-State Relations from Conflict to Cooperation by Paul Staniland 9781501761119
RRP: $43.86$37.84In Ordering Violence, Paul Staniland advances a broad approach to armed politics-bringing together governments, insurgents, militias, and armed political parties in a shared framework-to argue that governments' perception of the ideological threats posed... -
Defining a Nation: India on the Eve of Independence, 1945 by Ainslie T. Embree 9781469670799
RRP: $38.64$31.13Defining a Nation is set at Simla, in the foothills of the Himalayas, where the British viceroy has invited leaders of various religious and political constituencies to work out the future of Britain's largest colony. Will the British transfer power to... -
Sovereign Attachments: Masculinity, Muslimness, and Affective Politics in Pakistan by Shenila Khoja-Moolji
RRP: $38.70$29.44Sovereign Attachments rethinks sovereignty by moving it out of the exclusive domain of geopolitics and legality and into cultural, religious, and gender studies. Through a close reading of a stunning array of cultural texts produced by the Pakistani... -
Voices of Dissent: An Essay by Romila Thapar
RRP: $16.76$14.78People have argued since time immemorial. Disagreement is a part of life, of human experience. But we now live in times when any form of protest in India is marked as anti-Indian and met with arguments that the very concept of dissent was imported into... -
Emergency Chronicles: Indira Gandhi and Democracy's Turning Point by Gyan Prakash
RRP: $36.12$27.55The gripping story of an explosive turning point in the history of modern IndiaOn the night of June 25, 1975, Indira Gandhi declared a state of emergency in India, suspending constitutional rights and rounding up her political opponents in midnight raids... -
History of Modern India by Bipan Chandra 9789390122554
$21.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789390122554Author Bipan ChandraFormat PaperbackImprint Orient Blackswan Pvt LtdPublisher Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd -
The Space Between the Stars: On love, loss and the magical power of nature to heal by Indira Naidoo 9781922351616
RRP: $19.34$14.13For fans of Julia Baird's Phosphorescence, Sarah Wilson's This One Wild and Precious Life or Leigh Sales' Any Ordinary Day comes an unforgettable and poignant exploration of the healing power of nature. 'A tender, touching and at times bloody funny... -
Discovering British Wild Flowers by Deirdre A. Shirreffs 9781908241634
RRP: $11.60$8.32This wild flower guide for 6-12 year-olds is especially designed for Key Stage 2 of the National Curriculum, subject Science. The plants are arranged by habitat; the new 'Flower Colour Index' allows easy comparison of colour and shape of plant flowers... -
The Illustrated Baburnama by Som Prakash Verma 9780367177058
RRP: $56.75$50.88This book presents the Persian Baburnama, a key primary source and the earliest record of Babur`s memoirs. The authoritative translation uses paintings from the original work and draws on contemporary texts of the period to delve into the history of the... -
Delhi Reborn: Partition and Nation Building in India's Capital by Rotem Geva
RRP: $33.53$28.43Delhi, one of the world's largest cities, has faced momentous challenges-mass migration, competing governing authorities, controversies over citizenship, and communal violence. To understand the contemporary plight of India's capital city, this book... -
India in the World Economy: From Antiquity to the Present by Tirthankar Roy
RRP: $33.53$28.37Cross-cultural exchange has characterized the economic life of India since antiquity. Its long coastline has afforded convenient access to Asia and Africa as well as trading partnerships formed in the exchange of commodities ranging from textiles to... -
The Seasons of Trouble: Life Amid the Ruins of Sri Lanka's Civil War by Rohini Mohan 9781781688830
RRP: $30.95$25.92For three decades, Sri Lanka's civil war tore communities apart. In 2009, the Sri Lankan army finally defeated the separatist Tamil Tigers guerrillas in a fierce battle that swept up about 300,000 civilians and killed more than 40,000. More than a... -
Burning the Dead: Hindu Nationhood and the Global Construction of Indian Tradition by David Arnold
RRP: $76.11$58.20Burning the Dead traces the evolution of cremation in India and the South Asian diaspora across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Through interconnected histories of movement, space, identity, and affect, it examines how the so-called traditional... -
The Child and the State in India: Child Labor and Education Policy in Comparative Perspective by Myron Weiner
RRP: $54.18$41.83India has the largest number of non-schoolgoing working children in the world. Why has the government not removed them from the labor force and required that they attend school, as have the governments of all developed and many developing countries? To... -
A History of India by Romila Thapar
RRP: $16.76$15.83A history of India upto 1300 AD introducing the beginnings of India's cultural dynamicsAbout the AuthorRomila Thapar is Emeritus Professor of History at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi.Book InformationISBN 9780140138351Author Romila ThaparFormat... -
The Emperor Jahangir: Power and Kingship in Mughal India by Lisa Balabanlilar 9780755640553
RRP: $29.66$25.94Jahangir was the fourth of the six "Great Mughals," the oldest son of Akbar the Great, who extended the Mughal Empire across the Indian Subcontinent, and the father of Shah Jahan, builder of the Taj Mahal. Although an alcoholic and opium addict, his... -
The Long Partition and the Making of Modern South Asia: Refugees, Boundaries, Histories by Vazira Fazila-Yacoobali Zamindar 9780231138475
RRP: $36.12$27.55Nation-states often shape the boundaries of historical enquiry, and thus silence the very histories that have sutured nations to territorial states. "India" and "Pakistan" were drawn onto maps in the midst of Partition's genocidal violence and one of the... -
The British in India: A Social History of the Raj by David Gilmour 9781250234902
RRP: $36.12$21.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250234902Author David GilmourFormat PaperbackPage Count 672Imprint Picador USAPublisher Picador USAWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 137mm * 28mm -
Battle for Malaya: The Indian Army in Defeat, 1941-1942 by Kaushik Roy
RRP: $92.88$79.10The defeat of 90,000 Commonwealth soldiers by 50,000 Japanese soldiers made the World War II Battle for Malaya an important encounter for both political and military reasons. British military prestige was shattered, fanning the fires of nationalism in... -
Slaughter and Deception at Batang Kali by Ian Ward 9789810813031
RRP: $16.76$13.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789810813031Author Ian WardFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Media MastersPublisher Media Masters -
Indian Indenture In British Malaya: Policy and Practice in the Straits Settlements by David Chanderbali 9781845230364
RRP: $19.34$13.89David Chanderbali's book is a valuable addition to the small but growing literature concerning 19th century Indian indentured labour migration to plantation economies in the tropical world. It complements Hugh Tinker's (and others) studies of Indian... -
In the Name of the Nation: India and Its Northeast by Sanjib Baruah
RRP: $33.53$28.43In India, the eight states that border Myanmar, Bangladesh, Bhutan and the Tibetan areas of China are often referred to as just "the Northeast." In the Name of the Nation offers a critical and historical account of the country's troubled relations with... -
Hindu Mythology: A Captivating Guide to Hindu Myths, Hindu Gods, and Hindu Goddesses by Matt Clayton 9781987664478
RRP: $17.31$14.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781987664478Author Matt ClaytonFormat PaperbackPage Count 82Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing... -
Superstar India: From Incredible To Unstoppable by Shobhaa De 9780143102588
$11.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143102588Author Shobhaa DeFormat PaperbackPage Count 468Imprint Penguin Books IndiaPublisher Penguin Books India Pvt LtdDimensions(mm) 200mm * 130mm *... -
In Pursuit of Peace: India-Pakistan Relations Under Six Prime Ministers by Satinder Kumar Lambah 9780670097944
RRP: $32.19$23.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780670097944Author Satinder Kumar LambahFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Penguin VikingPublisher Penguin Random House India -
The Insecurity State: Punjab and the Making of Colonial Power in British India by Mark Condos
RRP: $39.98$28.24In this provocative new work, Mark Condos explores the 'dark underside' of the ideologies that sustained British rule in India. Using Punjab as a case study, he argues that India's colonial overlords were obsessively fearful, and plagued by an... -
From Kutch to Tashkent: The Indo-Pakistan War of 1965 by Farooq Naseem Bajwa 9781849042307
RRP: $38.70$34.61Decades of Pakistani resentment over India's stance on Kashmir, and its subsequent attempt to force a military solution on the issue, led to the 1965 war between the two neighbours. It ended in a stalemate on the battlefield, and after a mere twenty-one... -
The Millennial Sovereign: Sacred Kingship and Sainthood in Islam by A. Azfar Moin 9780231160377
RRP: $38.70$29.44At the end of the sixteenth century and the turn of the first Islamic millennium, the powerful Mughal emperor Akbar declared himself the most sacred being on earth. The holiest of all saints and above the distinctions of religion, he styled himself as... -
The Making of the Indo-Islamic World: c.700–1800 CE by André Wink 9781108405652
RRP: $34.82$29.41In a new accessible narrative, Andre Wink presents his major reinterpretation of the long-term history of India and the Indian Ocean region from the perspective of world history and geography. Situating the history of the Indianized territories of South... -
A Princely Impostor?: The Strange and Universal History of the Kumar of Bhawal by Partha Chatterjee
RRP: $58.05$45.24In 1921 a traveling religious man appeared in eastern British Bengal. Soon residents began to identify this half-naked and ash-smeared sannyasi as none other than the Second Kumar of Bhawal--a man believed to have died twelve years earlier, at the age of... -
Elephants and Kings: An Environmental History by Thomas R. Trautmann
RRP: $33.54$32.06Because of their enormous size, elephants have long been irresistible for kings as symbols of their eminence. In early civilizations - such as Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Indus Civilization, and China - kings used elephants for royal sacrifice, spectacular... -
The History of Akbar: Volume 8 by Abu'l-Fazl
RRP: $38.64$29.92The exemplar of Indo-Persian history, at once a biography of Emperor Akbar and a chronicle of sixteenth-century Mughal India.Akbarnama, or The History of Akbar, by Abu'l-Fazl (d. 1602), is one of the most important works of Indo-Persian history and a... -
The Gender of Caste: Representing Dalits in Print by Charu Gupta
RRP: $36.11$30.52Caste and gender are complex markers of difference that have traditionally been addressed in isolation from each other, with a presumptive maleness present in most studies of Dalits ("untouchables") and a presumptive upper-casteness in many feminist... -
A Business History of India: Enterprise and the Emergence of Capitalism from 1700 by Tirthankar Roy
RRP: $37.40$31.50In recent decades, private investment has led to an economic resurgence in India. But this is not the first time the region has witnessed impressive business growth. There have been many similar stories over the past 300 years. India's economic history... -
Why Growth Matters: How Economic Growth in India Reduced Poverty and the Lessons for Other Developing Countries by Jagdish Bhagwati
RRP: $18.05$11.87In its history since Independence, India has seen widely different economic experiments: from Jawharlal Nehru's pragmatism to the rigid state socialism of Indira Gandhi to the brisk liberalization of the 1990s. So which strategy best addresses India's,... -
The History of Akbar: Volume 7 by Abu'l-Fazl
RRP: $38.64$30.43The exemplar of Indo-Persian history, at once a biography of Emperor Akbar and a chronicle of sixteenth-century Mughal India.Akbarnama, or The History of Akbar, by Abu'l-Fazl (d. 1602), is one of the most important works of Indo-Persian history and a... -
How India Became Democratic: Citizenship and the Making of the Universal Franchise by Ornit Shani
RRP: $43.85$36.61How India Became Democratic explores the greatest experiment in democratic human history. It tells the untold story of the preparation of the electoral roll on the basis of universal adult franchise in the world's largest democracy. Ornit Shani offers a...