Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Preface to the second edition
- Preface to the first edition
- Glossary
- Chronology
- 1 Sultans, Mughals, and pre-colonial Indian society
- 2 Mughal twilight: the emergence of regional states and the East India Company
- 3 The East India Company Raj, 1772–1850
- 4 Revolt, the modern state, and colonized subjects, 1848–1885
- 5 Civil society, colonial constraints, 1885–1919
- 6 The crisis of the colonial order, 1919–1939
- 7 The 1940s: triumph and tragedy
- 8 Congress Raj: democracy and development, 1950–1989
- 9 Democratic India in the nineties: coalitions, class, community, consumers, and conflict
- Epilogue: a new century begins
- Biographical notes
- Bibliographic essay
- Index
- CAMBRIDGE CONCISE HISTORIES
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Preface to the second edition
- Preface to the first edition
- Glossary
- Chronology
- 1 Sultans, Mughals, and pre-colonial Indian society
- 2 Mughal twilight: the emergence of regional states and the East India Company
- 3 The East India Company Raj, 1772–1850
- 4 Revolt, the modern state, and colonized subjects, 1848–1885
- 5 Civil society, colonial constraints, 1885–1919
- 6 The crisis of the colonial order, 1919–1939
- 7 The 1940s: triumph and tragedy
- 8 Congress Raj: democracy and development, 1950–1989
- 9 Democratic India in the nineties: coalitions, class, community, consumers, and conflict
- Epilogue: a new century begins
- Biographical notes
- Bibliographic essay
- Index
- CAMBRIDGE CONCISE HISTORIES
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- A Concise History of Modern India , pp. i - ivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2006