The Graves of Tarim narrates the movement of an old diaspora across the Indian Ocean
over the past five hundred years. Ranging from Arabia to India and Southeast Asia, Engseng …

The fifth edition of Modern South Asia draws on the newest historical research and
scholarship in the field to interpret and debate key developments in modern South Asian …

'At the centre of the world-economy, one always finds an exceptional state, strong,
aggressive and privileged, dynamic, simultaneously feared and admired.'-Fernand Braudel …

Disputed between India and Pakistan, Kashmir contains a large majority of Muslims subject
to the laws of a predominantly Hindu and increasingly" Hinduized" India. How did religion …

A new edition of this widely used text covers the last two centuries of Indian history,
concluding with an epilogue written from the perspective of the 1990s. It thematically and …

A study of Indian foreign policy under Jawaharlal Nehru, concentrating on the fundamental
questions of war and peace. Looks at Nehru's handling of the disputes over the fate of …

In 1846, the British created the state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K)-popularly called"
Kashmir"-and then quickly sold this prized region to the wily and powerful Raja, Gulab …

In this exciting re-reading of the classic work of Haggard and Kipling, Gail Ching-Liang Low
examines the representational dynamics of colonizer versus colonized. Exploring the …

An extraordinary story of romance, history, and divided loyalties--set against the backdrop of
one of the most dramatic events of the twentieth century The stroke of midnight on August …

Most studies of the so-called tribal communities in India stress their social, economic, and
political differences from communities that are organized on the basis of caste. It was this …