Sources of Indian Tradition, Volume Two: Modern India and Pakistan (2nd Edition)

Embree, Ainslie Thomas (Editor)/ Hay, Stephen N. (Editor)/ De Bary, William Theodore (Editor)

ISBN 10: 0231064152 / ISBN 13: 9780231064156

Published by Columbia Univ Pr, 1988

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2nd edition. 433 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Seller Inventory # x-0231064152

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sources of Indian Tradition, Volume Two: Modern India and Pakistan (2nd Edition)
• Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0231064152
• ISBN 13: 9780231064156
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.76 kilograms

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Synopsis

Since 1958 one of the most important and widely used texts on civilization in South Asia (now the nation-states of India, Pakstan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal), this classic is now extensively revised, with much new material added. Introductory essays explain the particular settings in which leading Indian thinkers have expressed their ideas about religious, social, political, and economic questions. Brief summaries precede each passage from their writings or sayings.

Chapters address the opening of India to the West; Hindu and Muslim social and religious reform movements; the emergence of both moderate and extremist nationalisms; the thought of Mahatma Gandhi; public policies for independent India; Pakistan's formation as an Islamic state, and other topics.

About the Author

Stephen Hay is associate professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His previous works include Asian Ideas of East and West and Dialogue Between a Theist and an Idolator (edited).