A New History of India - Softcover

Wolpert, Stanley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195337565 ISBN 13: 9780195337563

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2008

Synopsis

After more than twenty-five years in print, A New History of India continues to be the most readable and popular one-volume history of India available. Now in its eighth edition, this acclaimed text features updated scholarship and bibliographic material throughout and integrates new research on such incisive topics as the Indian diaspora, the economy, and the nuclear issue.

In lively, accessible language, Stanley Wolpert condenses more than 4,000 years of India's history into a graceful and engaging narrative. He discusses modern India's rapidly growing population, industry, and economy, and also considers the prospects for India's future. From a carefully balanced perspective, Wolpert presents a fair and truthful record of India's history--he offers both a triumphant portrayal of the brightest achievements of Indian civilization as well as a sobering examination of its persistent social inequities and economic and political corruption.

Enhanced with striking new images and a full-color map of India and the surrounding area, A New History of India, Eighth Edition, remains the authoritative text on the compelling--and often controversial--history of this fascinating country.

About this title

About the Author:

Stanley Wolpert is Professor of History Emeritus at UCLA. He is author of Shameful Flight: The Last Years of the British Empire in India (OUP, 2006), India, Third Edition (2005), Gandhi's Passion: The Life and Legacy of Mahatma Gandhi (OUP, 2002), Nehru: A Tryst with Destiny (OUP, 1996), Zulfi Bhutto of Pakistan (OUP, 1993), Jinnah of Pakistan (OUP, 1984), and Roots of Confrontation in South Asia (OUP, 1982).

Review:

"A serious fact-based study that presents excellent detail with remarkable readability--the way history should be written, but rarely is."--Michael Rubin, Yale University

"An authoritative, comprehensive, and well-written undergraduate text on the entire scope of India's rich history. . . . Admirable in every respect."--Marshall E. Nunn, Glendale Community College

"Without a doubt, the best text for survey courses in the history of India."--David M. Laushey, Georgia State University

"This is the best introductory survey of Indian history that I know of."--John McLeod, University of Louisville

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0195337565
• ISBN 13: 9780195337563
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 560