South Asia's modern history : thematic perspectives / Michael Mann.
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York :
Routledge,
2015.
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Table of Contents:
- South Asia: a geographical, environmental and historiographical introduction
- Geographical and political South Asia
- Historiography of modern South Asia since the 1980s
- The concept of this book
- Part I. State formation and empire building in South Asia c. 1660-1800
- Forms and models: a theoretical approach
- State formation in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
- Part II. Patriotisms and nationalisms in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
- The great rebellion (1857-59)
- National movements (1860-1947)
- Part III. Empire building and state formation in South-Asia 1858-1998
- The British Raj in India (1858-1947)
- Indian monarchies and principalities
- India, Pakistan and Bangladesh
- Part IV. Agriculture and agro-economy
- Themes and subjects
- South Asia's agriculture in the eighteenth century
- Continuities, changes and breaks under the colonial rule
- Characteristics and consequences of colonial agrarian policy
- The Green Revolution and the Gene Revolution 1960-2010
- Part V. Silviculture and scientific forestry
- Nature, culture and time
- Forest management in South Asia until 1820
- The impact of scientific forestry (1860-1920)
- Increasing exploitation and growing resistance 1920-1990
- The new millennium
- Part VI. Migration, circulation and diaspora
- Theories and thoughts
- Early South Asian migration and diaspora communities
- South Asians on the new sub-continental and global labour markets
- Recruitment of indentured labourers
- Migration and settlement
- South Asian communities overseas
- Migrants, twice migrants, guest workers
- A global Indian diaspora?
- Part VII. Urbanisation and industrialisation
- General observations on urban history and urban development
- Overall trends in crafts and industries
- Industrialisation and de-industrialisation
- Indian owned industries
- The labour market and labourer's organisations
- Urbanisation
- Municipality and urban planning
- Urban development after 1947: metropolises, megacities, middle towns
- Part VIII. Knowledge, science, technology and power
- Themes, theories and subjects
- Education: schools, colleges, universities
- History and historiography
- Natural sciences: botany, geography and geology
- From medical knowledge to scientific medicine
- Irrigation systems and hydraulic constructions
- Railway construction and railway networks
- Telecommunication systems and networks
- Afterthought and prospect.