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Modern India: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Craig Jeffrey
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India is widely recognised as a new global powerhouse. It has become one of the world's emerging powers, rivalling China in terms of global influence. Yet people still 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? Does caste still exist in India? How is India's culture industry responding to technological change? And what of India's rapidly changing role internationally? This Very Short Introduction looks at the exciting world of change in contemporary India. Craig Jeffrey provides a compelling ... Read more
India is widely recognised as a new global powerhouse. It has become one of the world's emerging powers, rivalling China in terms of global influence. Yet people still 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? Does caste still exist in India? How is India's culture industry responding to technological change? And what of India's rapidly changing role internationally? This Very Short Introduction looks at the exciting world of change in contemporary India. Craig Jeffrey provides a compelling ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Series
Very Short Introductions
Condition
New
Number of Pages
152
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198769347
SKU
V9780198769347
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Ref
99-3
About Craig Jeffrey
Craig Jeffrey is Director and CEO of the Australia India Institute and a Professor of Human Geography at the University of Melbourne. He has formerly worked in Cambridge, Edinburgh, Seattle and Oxford. His research focuses on youth, education, and everyday politics in India and has published six books on this theme, including the acclaimed Timepass: Youth, Class and the Politics ... Read more
Reviews for Modern India: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
A remarkable achievement, to provide such an inclusive introduction to a diverse, vast, and ancient country so concisely.
Sir Mark Tully
a short and serious account of present-day India
Indian Link
Sir Mark Tully
a short and serious account of present-day India
Indian Link