India :: a portrait /: Patrick French.

French, Patrick,

India : a portrait / Patrick French.

French, Patrick, 1966-

2011

DS480.84 .F75 2011 (Mapit)

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Title India : a portrait / Patrick French.

Author French, Patrick, 1966-

Edition 1st U.S. ed.

ISBN 9780307272430
0307272435

Imprint New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.

Language English

Description xi, 398 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Call Number DS480.84 .F75 2011

Dewey Decimal Classification 954.04

Summary Second only to China in the magnitude of its economic miracle and second to none in its potential to shape the new century, India is fast undergoing one of the most momentous transformations the world has ever seen. In this panoramic book, Patrick French chronicles that epic change, telling human stories to explain a larger national narrative. Melding on-the-ground reports with a deep knowledge of history, French exposes the cultural foundations of India's political, economic and social complexities. He reveals how a nation identified with some of the most wretched poverty on earth has simultaneously developed an envied culture of entrepreneurship. Even more remarkably, he shows how, despite the ancient and persistent traditions of caste, as well as a mind-boggling number of ethnicities and languages, India has nevertheless managed to cohere, evolving into the world's largest democracy, largely fulfilling Jawaharlal Nehru's dream of a secular liberal order.--From publisher description.

Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-377) and index.

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