The Making of India: A Political History / Edition 3

by Ranbir Vohra

Overview

Designed for undergraduate and graduate courses on Indian civilization and history, this text provides a sweeping look at the long and varied history of India and how this complex legacy has shaped, and is shaping, the nation's modern polity. It offers unique political-historical coverage of India from pre-history into the 21st century.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780765623676
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/15/2013
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	472
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Ranbir Vohra, Charles A. Dana Professor (Emeritus) of Political Science, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, began his career as a program officer for All India Radio, posted at Lahore, New Delhi, Mumbai, Jalandhar, and Srinagar. After study at Beijing University, he assumed charge of the radio's Chinese Broadcasting Unit. He then went on to study at Harvard University, where he was on the faculty for a few years after gaining his doctorate in East Asian Studies.

Table of Contents

I: Pre-Modern India; 1: Traditional India; 2: Indian Civilization; 3: India's Adjustment to British Aggression 1756–1857; II: India Under the British, 1858–1947; 4: The British Record; 5: The Making of a Communal Polity 1858–1908; 6: Constitutionalism and the Politics of Communalism; III: Independent India; 7: Jawaharlal Nehru 1947–1964; 8: Indira Gandhi, 1966–1984; 9: The Decline of the Congress, 1985–1996; 10: The Rise of the BJP as a National Party, 1996–2004; 11: The Resurrection of the Congress; 12: Epilogue: Modern India and Modern China