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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... labours. Reliable and accessible accounts are now readily available of regions, periods and topics that even twenty years ago were obscure to everyone but a handful of specialists. In particular, collaborative publication, in the form ...
... labour and knowledge to assist them. In addition to the unknown colleagues and students who, over the years, read the early drafts and discussed his ideas with the author, in this instance, therefore, heartfelt thanks and appreciation ...
... labour and the status hierarchy were most elaborate. In the arid zones, by contrast, the division of labour was at its simplest, there was little differentiation of status and rank, and few brahmans or temples were to be found: a state ...
... labour force did not starve, but reproduced itself reliably. The extent to which these interests conflicted depended upon how secure they considered their tenure as traders, loggers, planters or revenue collectors. To protect the health ...
... labour supposedly arose from kinship or co-residence in a locality; but even in very early times, in India as elsewhere, resources and access to them were often within the gift of powerful men, who thereby imposed individual, heritable ...
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 |