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User Review - April - GoodreadsDense in places for a book that uses the word brief in the title. Some of the initial chapters are slow moving but it picks up well midway through. Positions the reader to ask a lot of questions about colonialism, post-colonialism and globalization. All in all, worth the read. Read full review
Contents
Land Climate and Prehistory | 1 |
Caste Kings and the Hindu World Order 1000 BCAD 700 | 20 |
Turks Afghans and Mughals 6001800 | 59 |
The Jewel in the Crown 17571885 | 89 |
Becoming Modern The Colonial Way 18001900 | 125 |
Toward Freedom 18851920 | 153 |
Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement 19201948 | 178 |
Constructing the Nation 19501991 | 207 |
Bollywood and Beyond 19472004 | 239 |
India at the Turn of the Century 19912004 | 264 |
Basic Facts about India | 285 |
Chronology | 290 |
Bibliography | 308 |
| 321 | |
| 331 | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | A Brief History of India Brief history of |
| Author | Judith E. Walsh |
| Publisher | Infobase Publishing, 2006 |
| ISBN | 1438108257, 9781438108254 |
| Length | 348 pages |
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