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  • Health and Medicine in the Indian Princely States

    1850-1950

    by Waltraud Ernst, Biswamoy Pati, T.V. Sekher ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in South Asian History
    Since the 1980s there has been a continual engagement with the history and the place of western medicine in colonial settings and non-western societies. In relation to South Asia, research on the role of medicine has focussed primarily on regions under direct British administration. This book looks at the ‘princely states’ that made up about two fifths of the subcontinent. Two comparatively large ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

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    by Kiran Desai ...
    In a crumbling, isolated house at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas lives an embittered judge who wants only to retire in peace, when his orphaned granddaughter, Sai, arrives on his doorstep. The judge's cook watches over her distractedly, for his thoughts are often on his son, Biju, who is hopscotching from one gritty New York restaurant to another. Kiran Desai's brilliant novel, ... Read more

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  • The Temple of Ill Omens

    by James Baehler ...
    Historical fiction at its best! A page-turner that transports the reader into India at the time of the Sepoy Mutiny with fidelity to the historical record and a vivid portrayal of the people involved. The reader follows the Logsdon family as they live through the tumultuous times of the Mutiny with penetrating insights into life In India as seen by native Indians and their British rulers. The ... Read more

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  • The Indian Mutiny - A Brief History

    A Brief History, #3

    by Andrew Knight ...
    Series Book 3 - A Brief History
    The Indian Rebellion of 1857 began as a mutiny of sepoys of the East India Company's army on 10 May 1857, in the town of Meerut, and soon escalated into other mutinies and civilian rebellions largely in the upper Gangetic plain and central India, with the major hostilities confined to present-day Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, northern Madhya Pradesh, and the Delhi region. The rebellion posed a ... Read more

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  • India

    A Short History

    by Andrew Robinson ...
    Series series A Short History
    India’s unfolding story, from the ancient Hindu dynasties to the coming of Islam, from the Mughal Empire to the present dayIndia has always been a land of great contradictions. To Alexander the Great, the country was a place of clever naked philosophers and massive armies mounted on elephants – which eventually forced his army to retreat. To ancient Rome, it was a source of luxuries, mainly spices ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • Red Tape

    Bureaucracy, Structural Violence, and Poverty in India

    by Akhil Gupta ...
    Series series A John Hope Franklin Center book
    Red Tape presents a major new theory of the state developed by the renowned anthropologist Akhil Gupta. Seeking to understand the chronic and widespread poverty in India, the world's fourth largest economy, Gupta conceives of the relation between the state in India and the poor as one of structural violence. Every year this violence kills between two and three million people, especially women and ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Leaving India

    My Family's Journey from Five Villages to Five Continents

    by Minal Hajratwala ...
    The PEN Award–winning chronicle of the Indian diaspora told through the stories of the author's own family.In this "rich, entertaining and illuminating story," Minal Hajratwala mixes history, memoir, and reportage to explore the collisions of choice and history that led her family to emigrate from India ( San Francisco Chronicle). "Meticulously researched and evocatively written" ( The Washington ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A History of Bangladesh

    by Willem van Schendel ...
    Bangladesh is a new name for an old land whose history is little known to the wider world. A country chiefly famous in the West for media images of poverty, underdevelopment, and natural disasters, Bangladesh did not exist as an independent state until 1971. Willem van Schendel's history reveals the country's vibrant, colourful past and its diverse culture as it navigates the extraordinary twists ... Read more

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  • Of Sacred and Secular Desire

    An Anthology of Lyrical Writings from the Punjab

    by Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh ...
    The fertile land of the five rivers (punj+ab in Persian) has persistently stirred the imagination of its peoples. Its story is the story of invasion. In 326 BCE Alexander the Great marched through the Hindu Kush, conquered the verdant plains now divided between India and Pakistan, and stamped Greek cultural and linguistic influence on the region. Over the centuries the lure of the Punjab attracted ... Read more

    $29.19 USD

  • Access to History: Rebellion and Disorder under the Tudors 1485-1603 for OCR Second Edition

    by Geoffrey Woodward, Nicholas Fellows ...
    Exam Board: AQA, Edexcel, OCR & WJECLevel: A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Give your students the best chance of success with this tried and tested series, combining in-depth analysis, engaging narrative and accessibility. Access to History is the most popular, trusted and wide-ranging series for A-level ... ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Rulers of India: Albuquerque

    Imperial Legacy: The Impact of Albuquerque on Colonial India

    by H. Morse Stephens ...
    In "Rulers of India: Albuquerque," H. Morse Stephens delves into the life and contributions of Afonso de Albuquerque, the notable Portuguese nobleman who played a pivotal role in establishing Portuguese colonial power in the Indian Ocean during the 16th century. The book exhibits a meticulous blend of historical analysis and narrative prose, capturing the complexities of early modern imperialism ... Read more

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  • A Memoir of India and Afghanistan.

    With Observations on the Present Exciting and Critical State and Future Prospects of Those Countries.

    by Josiah Harlan ...
    Series series Elibron Classics
    Elibron Classics. Replica of 1842 edition by J. Dobson, Philadelphia.Josiah Harlan. A Memoir of India and Afghanistan. With Observations on the Present Exciting and Critical State and Future Prospects of Those Countries. Comprising Remarks on the Massacre of the British Army in Cabul, British Policy in India, a Detailed Descriptive Character of Dost Mahomed and His Court, etc.Josiah Harlan(1799 - ... Read more

    $9.99 USD