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Title:
Modern India : a very short introduction / Craig Jeffrey.
Author:
Jeffrey, Craig, 1973- author.
Publication Information:
Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017.

©2017
Call Number:
DS423 .J425 2017
Abstract:
India has become one of the world's emerging powers, rivaling China in terms of global influence. Yet many people know relatively little about the economic, social, political, and cultural changes unfolding in India today. To what extent are people benefiting from the economic boom? In what ways is education transforming society? And how is India's culture industry responding to technological change? In this "Very Short Introduction", Craig Jeffrey provides a compelling account of the recent history of India, investigating the contradictions that are plaguing modern India and the manner in which people, especially young people, are actively remaking the country in the twenty first century. -- From publisher's description.
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780198769347
Series:
Very short introductions ; 540

Very short introductions ; 540.
Physical Description:
129 pages : illustrations, map ; 18 cm.
Contents:
Hope -- Colonial India: impoverishment -- Colonia India: religious and caste divides -- Making India work? 1947-1989 -- Rethinking India -- Social revolution -- Youth.
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