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by Barbara D. Metcalf (Author), Thomas R. Metcalf (Author) "Imagine a time traveller standing in Mughal Delhi, amidst the splendor of the emperor Shah Jahan's (r. 1627-58) elegant, riverside city, in the year 1707..." (more)
Key Phrases: colonial constraints, presidency capitals, separate electorates, East India Company, Congress Party, Muslim League (more...)
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"With an informative,scholarly text enhanced with illustrations and quotations....[this book] is recommended for academic reading lists and reference collections as well as the non-specialist general reader with an interest in understanding India's contemporary political and economic relationships with the community of nations..." Library Bookwatch

"Lucid comprehensive and up-to-date, this book will surely establish itself as essential reading for all undergraduate and graduate courses on South Asian history..." C.A. Bayly, Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History, University of Cambridge

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In a challenging new history of modern India, the authors explore the imaginative and institutional structures that have changed and sustained the country. While pr