A Functioning Anarchy
Ramachandra Guha
ISBN 10: 0330396102 ISBN 13: 9780330396103
Verlag: Picador, 2007
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This history of modern India will explore all aspects of this complex country, its past and present, its politics, culture and society.Divided into five main parts, A MAHATMA IN HIS PLACE, THE CONGRESS CONSENSUS, INDIRA IS INDIA, DEMOCRACY IN DISARRAY and concluding with a section considering HOW HAS INDIA DONE? this promises to be the most comprehensive account of a great nation.With detailed chapters devoted to the legacy of colonization, the components of Indian national culture, the return of caste and the revival of religion, as well as those considering the effects of war and globalization, every aspect is covered.
Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Born in Dehradun in 1958, and educated in Delhi and Calcutta, Ramachandra Guha pursued an academic career for ten years before becoming a full-time writer and regular on the global lecture circuit. He is also an internationally-renowned cricket journalist, editor of The Picador Book of Cricket and author of the prize-winning A Corner of a Foreign Field: The Indian History of a British Sport. He lives in Bangalore.
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Titel: A Functioning Anarchy
Verlag: Picador
Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Very Good
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