A history of India / Peter Robb.
Robb, Peter (Peter G.)
2002
DS436 .R63 2002 (Mapit)
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Title A history of India / Peter Robb.
Author Robb, Peter (Peter G.)
ISBN 9780333691281
0333691288
9780333691298 (pbk.)
0333691296 (pbk.)
Publication Details Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave, 2002.
Language English
Description xiv, 344 p. ; 23 cm.
Call Number DS436 .R63 2002
Dewey Decimal Classification 954
Summary Publisher's description: A History of India explores the principal themes that unify Indian history and offers the reader a sophisticated and accessible view of India's dynamics from ancient times, the Mughal Empire, and the British Raj through post-1947 India. The book examines Indian politics, religious beliefs, caste, environment, nationalism, colonialism, and gender, among other issues. It also discusses long-term economic development, the impact of global trade, and the origins of rural poverty. Peter Robb's clear, fluent narrative explores the interplay between India's empires, regions of rule, customs, and beliefs, and is an ideal starting point for those with an interest in India's past and present.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series Palgrave essential histories
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Machine generated contents note: 1 Introduction: Region and Civilization 1
India and its history - Rule - Region and unity -
Belief- Customs: the problem of caste - Islam and
Indian plurality - Environment, technology and
socio-economic change
2 Early India 27
Cultures and peoples - Land - Social order -
Communities - Kingship - Invasions and empires -
Culture and its transmission - Production (slaves, rice
and bankers) - Empires, religions and regions
3 Mediaeval India 55
Regionalism - Empires: the Delhi sultans - Empires:
Vijayanagara - Statecraft - Kings and sultans -
Lords, officials and localities - Culture and belief-
Production and society - Region versus empire
4 Early Modern India I: Mughals and Marathas 81
The Mughals - Mughal rule - Early modern society
and economy - Eighteenth-century politics -
Merchants and states - Rival economies on the eve
of conquest - Administration, 1580-1765: some
comparisons
5 Early Modern India II: Company Raj 116
The East India Company in Madras and Calcutta -
The Company's rise to power - Revenue settlements
under the Company - Transitions, 1770s to 1860s:
trade - Law - Education - Features of Company
rule - Some early modern Indian responses
6 Modem India I: Government 148
Modern government - Councils and departments -
Financial problems - Benevolence and intervention -
Policy goals: Britain and India - Political policies
under colonialism - Decolonization
7 Modern India II: Politics 177
Modern politics - The Indian National Congress -
Political Islam - Popular protest - Popular
nationalism - Communal separatism - Partition -
Community and class - The aftermath of colonialism -
Roads to independence and to modern politics
8 Modern India III: Society 218
Categorizations - New environments: Calcutta -
Caste and class - Low-caste movements - Islam -
Hindu and Sikh religious movements - Women -
The British raj and after
9 Modern India IV: Economy 246
Decline and European dominance - Values,
de-industrialization, dualism, economic decline -
Agriculture - Rural labour regimes - The 'landless' -
The 'landed' - Land control - The use of credit -
Access to the market - Purchasing power -
Differentiation - Food and health - Colonial legacies
10 Epilogue: After Modernity? 296
Caste, community and nation - A Hindu India? -
Transitions and prospects.

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