Sugata Bose - Modern South Asia: History, Culture and Political Economy

The fifth edition of Modern South Asiadraws on the newest historical research and scholarship in the field to interpret and debate key developments in modern South Asian history and historical writing, covering the diverse spectrum of the subcontinents social, economic and political past.

Jointly authored by two leading Indian and Pakistani historians, this definitive study offers a rare depth of historical understanding of the politics, cultures and economies that have shaped the lives of more than a fifth of humanity. This new edition on the 75th anniversary of independence and partition brings the narrative up to the present day, discussing recent events and addressing new themes such as the capture of state power in India by the forces of religious majoritarianism, economic development in the context of the rise of Asia and strategic shifts occasioned by the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and Chinas increasing role in the region.

Providing fresh insights into the structure and ideology of the British raj, the meaning of subaltern resistance, the refashioning of social relations along lines of caste, class, religion and gender, the different strands of anti-colonial nationalism and the dynamics of decolonization, this is an essential resource for all students of the modern history of South Asia in an Indian Ocean and global context.

Sugata Boseis Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and Affairs at Harvard University, USA. His books include A Hundred Horizons: The Indian Ocean in the Age of Global Empire(2006) and His Majestys Opponent: Subhas Chandra Bose and Indias Struggle against Empire(2011).

Ayesha Jalalis Mary Richardson Professor of History at Tufts University, USA. Her books include Partisans of Allah: Jihad in South Asia(2010) and The Pity of Partition: Mantos Life, Times, and Work across the IndiaPakistan Divide(2013).

Fifth Edition

Sugata Bose and Ayesha Jalal

Cover image: The Diwan-i-am (Hall of Public Audiences) in the Red Fort, Delhi, India. Ian Dagnall/Alamy Stock Photo

Fifth edition published 2023

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First edition published by Routledge in 1998

Fourth edition published by Routledge in 2017

British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Bose, Sugata, 1956- author. | Jalal, Ayesha, author.

Title: Modern South Asia : history, culture, political economy / Sugata Bose and Ayesha Jalal.

Description: Fifth edition. | Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2022017654 (print) | LCCN 2022017655 (ebook) | ISBN 9781032124230 (hbk) | ISBN 9781032124186 (pbk) | ISBN 9781003224488 (ebk)

Subjects: LCSH: South Asia--History.

Classification: LCC DS340 .B66 2023 (print) | LCC DS340 (ebook) | DDC 954--dc23/eng/20220429

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022017654

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022017655

ISBN: 978-1-032-12423-0 (hbk)

ISBN: 978-1-032-12418-6 (pbk)