A History of IndiaThis new edition of Burton Stein's classic A History of India builds on the success of the original to provide an updated narrative of the development of Indian society, culture, and politics from 7000 BC to the present.
Part of The Blackwell History of the World Series The goal of this ambitious series is to provide an accessible source of knowledge about the entire human past, for every curious person in every part of the world. It will comprise some two dozen volumes, of which some provide synoptic views of the history of particular regions while others consider the world as a whole during a particular period of time. The volumes are narrative in form, giving balanced attention to social and cultural history (in the broadest sense) as well as to institutional development and political change. Each provides a systematic account of a very large subject, but they are also both imaginative and interpretative. The Series is intended to be accessible to the widest possible readership, and the accessibility of its volumes is matched by the style of presentation and production. |
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Burton Stein David Arnold. CONTENTS. Acknowledgements to First Edition PART I 1 1 Introduction The Physical Setting 8 The Social Setting Resituating Communities and States Historian's Choice PART II ANCIENT INDIA Chronology 2 Ancient Days ...
Burton Stein David Arnold. to show how human history can be integrated with that not only of the natural, but of the cosmic environment, and better understood in consequence. Each volume of the Blackwell History of the World offers a ...
Burton Stein David Arnold. INTRODUCTION. TO. BURTON. STEIN'S. A. HISTORY. OF. INDIA. David. Arnold. Burton Stein's A History ofIndia is one of the most ambitious histories of the subcontinent ever undertaken, certainly by an individual ...
... Stein describes it, an 'accounting', and not a mere succession of events, dynastic adventures and oversized personalities (though Stein never neglects the need to present history as an ongoing narrative).With its 'uniformly lucid ...
... Stein's scholarly output related to a period centuries before British rule and its post-Independence successors, as ... Stein often wrote about religion,he was deeply sceptical ofapproaches to the study of South Asia that stressed ...
Contents
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PART II Ancient India | 37 |
PART III Medieval and Early Modern India | 103 |
PART IV Contemporary South Asia | 225 |
NOTES | 421 |
GLOSSARY OF NONENGLISH TERMS | 425 |
FURTHER READING | 430 |
INDEX | 435 |