India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy Revised, Update Edition Contributor(s): Guha, Ramachandra (Author) |
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ISBN: 0062978063 ISBN-13: 9780062978066 Publisher: Ecco Press OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | World - General - History | Asia - India & South Asia |
Dewey: 954.04 |
Physical Information: 1.9" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.90 lbs) 992 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian - Cultural Region - Indian - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: From one of the subcontinent's most important and controversial writers comes this definitive history of post-Partition India, published on the 60th anniversary of Independence Moving between history and biography, this story provides fresh insights into the lives and public careers of those legendary and long-serving Prime Ministers, Jawaharlal Nehru and his daughter, Indira Gandhi. Guha includes vivid sketches of the major "provincial" leaders, but also writes with feeling and sensitivity about lesser-known Indians--peasants, tribals, women, workers, and Untouchables. Massively researched and elegantly written, this is the work of a major scholar at the height of his powers, a brilliant and definitive history of what is possibly the most important, occasionally the most exasperating, and certainly the most interesting country in the world. |
Contributor Bio(s): Guha, Ramachandra: - Ramachandra Guha has taught at the University of Oslo, Stanford, Yale, and the Indian Institute of Science. His books and essays have been translated into more than twenty languages, and his prizes include the UK Cricket Society's Literary Award and the Leopold-Hidy Prize of the American Society of Environmental History. |