History of India (eBook)

Three Volume Set

Michelguglielmo Torri (Autor)

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2025
840 Seiten
Boydell & Brewer Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-80543-160-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Comprehensive and in-depth exploration of one of the oldest civilisations in the world, revealing the forces that led to India's significant role on today's global stage.

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Comprehensive and in-depth exploration of one of the oldest civilisations in the world, revealing the dynamic changes of its society, the links to the rest of the world and the underlying forces that led to India's significant role on today's global stage.This three-volume history of India explores the dynamics at play in the subcontinent from the first human settlements to the 2014 general election.The first volume examines the history of India from the first human settlements in the subcontinent up to the death of Emperor Aurangzeb in 1717. The political, military, economic and social developments are analysed against the backdrop represented by the rise, decline, fall and renaissance of flourishing urban civilizations. The book also demonstrates that, despite exceptions, an essentially harmonious coexistence prevailed between Hinduism and Islam, which often resulted in cooperation.The second volume covers the collapse of the Mughal Empire to the end of colonialism in 1947. It analyses the features of the most important pre-colonial Indian states and the role played by British colonialism. Finally, the volume closely examines the rise and evolution of Indian nationalism, the reasons that forced the British to end their rule, and the causes of partition.The third volume examines the political, economic and social evolution of India from independence to the 2014 general election. It argues that the period is subdivided into two main phases. The main features of the first phase were a secular democracy, a dominant-party system, and an economy where the state played a crucially important economic role. The second Neoliberal Age, was characterized by the eclipse of the dominant party system and the implementation of neoliberal economic policies, which sped up development but widened social and economic disparities, and also saw the rise of Hindutva.

Inhalt

Volume 1
List of Maps
Preface to the Indian Edition
Preface to the Original Italian Edition
Introduction: Geographical Location and its Influence on History
1. The First Indian Civilizations
2. The Revolution of Mid-Millennium BC
3. The First Political Unification of India: The Mauryan Empire
4. The Post-Mauryan Era: Invasions, Trade and Cultural Development
5. The 'Golden Age' of the Guptas
6. The Initial Stage of the Indian Middle Ages: The Feudal Era
7. The Era of the Sultans: Unification, Centralization and Cultural Synthesis
8. The Final Stage of the Indian Middle Ages
9. The First Phase of the Early Modern Era: The Rise and Decline of the Mughal Empire
10. The Concluding Phase of the Early Modern Era: The Crisis of the Indian States and the
Rise of British Rule
11. The Formation of the Colonial State
Key to the Bibliographical References
Index

Volume 2
List of Maps
Preface to the Indian Edition
Preface to the Original Italian Edition
1. The Triumph of Colonialism and the Birth of 'Traditional India'
2. The Triumph of Colonialism and the Birth of 'Modern India'
3. The Decline of Colonialism and the Rise of Nationalism
4. India during the Second World War: Wasting Opportunities and Lives
5. Partition and Independence
Key to the Bibliographical References
Index

Volume 3
Preface to the Indian Edition
Preface to the Original Italian Edition
1. Nehru's System: Democracy, Planning and Non-Alignment
2. The Decline of Nehru's System
3. The Transition from the Longer Nehru Era to the Neoliberal Age (1989-1991)
4. India in the Age of Neoliberalism: The Growth of the Economy and the Rise of the Hindu Right (1991-2004)
5. India in the Age of Neoliberalism: Trying to Conjugate Economic Growth and Social Justice (2004-2009)
6. India in the Age of Neoliberalism: The Decline and Fall of the Congress (2009-2014)
7. Conclusion
Key to the Bibliographical References
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.2.2025
• Zusatzinfo: 26 maps.
• Verlagsort: Woodbridge
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 140 x 140 mm
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Schlagworte: British colonialism • Hindutva • Independence • India • Indian history • Indian Nationalism • Mughal Empire • neoliberal age • Partition • secular democracy • Subcontinent • urban civilizations
• ISBN-10: 1-80543-160-9 / 1805431609
• ISBN-13: 978-1-80543-160-2 / 9781805431602