Her books include Democracy and Authoritarianism in South Asia (1995) and Self and Sovereignty: the Muslim Individual and the Community of Islam in South Asia since 1850 (Routledge, 2000). Ayesha Jalal is Professor of History at Tufts University. His books include Peasant Labour and Colonial Capital (1993) and The Indian Ocean Rim: An Inter-Regional Arena in the Age of Global Empire (2004). Sugata Bose is Gardiner Professor of History at Harvard University. It brings the story up to date and offers new insights on the last millennium in subcontinental history. This new second edition has been updated throughout to take account of recent historical research. The book provides new insights into the structure and ideology of the British raj, the meaning of subaltern resistance, the refashioning of social relations along the lines of caste, class, community and gender, the different strands of anti-colonial nationalism and the dynamics of decolonization.
In this comprehensive study, the authors debate and challenge the striking developments in contemporary South Asian history and historical writing, and cover the entire spectrum of modern South Asian history – social, economic, and political. Jointly written by two leading Indian and Pakistani historians, it offers a rare depth of historical understanding of the politics, cultures and economies that shape the lives of more than a fifth of humanity. After sketching the pre-modern history of the subcontinent, the book concentrates on the last three centuries from c. Drawing on the newest and most sophisticated historical research and scholarship in the field, Modern South Asia is written in an accessible style for all those with an intellectual curiosity about the region.
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