In a second edition of their successful Concise History of
Modern India, Barbara Metcalf and Thomas Metcalf explore India''s
modern history afresh and update the events of the last decade.
These include the takeover of Congress from the seemingly
entrenched Hindu nationalist party in 2004, India''s huge advances
in technology and the country''s new role as a major player in world
affairs. From the days of the Mughals, through the British Empire,
and into Independence, the country has been transformed by its
institutional structures. It is these institutions which have
helped bring about the social, cultural and economic changes that
have taken place over the last half century and paved the way for
the modern success story. Despite these advances, poverty, social
inequality and religious division still fester. In response to
these dilemmas, the book grapples with questions of caste and
religious identity, and the nature of the Indian nation.
目錄：
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
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