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Selected Subaltern Studies by Ranajit Guha Publisher Comments This provocative volume presents the most wide-ranging essays from the first five volumes of Subaltern Studies, along with an introductory essay by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak--the translator of Derrida's Of Grammatology into English--and a foreword by... (read more) Your price: $50.25 New - Trade Paper 
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Pogrom in Gujarat: Hindu Nationalism and Anti-Muslim Violence in India by Parvis Ghassem-fachandi Publisher Comments "This book is an intimate and disturbing exploration of the cultural formations around nationalism, vegetarianism, and religious imaginings that have arisen in modern-day Gujarat. Ghassem-Fachandi deploys his deep familiarity with Gujarati culture in... (read more) Your price: $30.95 New - Trade Paper
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Apocalyptic Realm by Dilip Hiro Publisher Comments This hard-hitting and timely book explores the roots of militant Islam in South Asia and how it has grown to become a source of profound global alarm. By meticulously tracking the rise of the jihadist movement from its initial violence in Afghanistan in... (read more) Your price: $30.00 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Apocalyptic Realm: Jihadists in South Asia by Dilip Hiro Publisher Comments This hard-hitting and timely book explores the roots of militant Islam in South Asia and how it has grown to become a source of profound global alarm. By meticulously tracking the rise of the jihadist movement from its initial violence in Afghanistan in... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $21.00 Used - Hardcover
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Gandhi & Churchill: The Epic Rivalry That Destroyed an Empire and Forged Our Age by Arthur Herman Publisher Comments In this fascinating and meticulously researched book, bestselling historian Arthur Herman sheds new light on two of the most universally recognizable icons of the twentieth century, and reveals how their forty-year rivalry sealed the fate of India and... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Taj Mahal: Passion and Genius at the Heart of the Moghul Empire by Diana Preston Publisher Comments The dazzling story of the Taj Mahal and the empire whose spirit it epitomizes. Built by the Moghul emperor Shah Jahan as a memorial to his beloved wife, Mumtaz Mahal, the Taj Mahals flawless symmetry and gleaming presence have or centuries dazzled... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Oxford Companion to Modern Warfare in India by Kaushik Roy Publisher Comments Positioning itself within the global/comparative history approach, this volume studies the evolution of modern warfare in the subcontinent. It begins at c. 1740s when a European army for the first time defeated the feudal cavalry army of an Indian prince... (read more) Your price: $113.95 New - Hardcover
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The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity by Amartya Kumar Sen Publisher Comments In sixteen linked essays, Nobel Prize--winning economist Amartya Sen discusses India's intellectual and political heritage and how its argumentative tradition is vital for the success of its democracy and secular politics. The Argumentative Indian is "a... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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India: A History. Revised and Updated by John Keay Synopsis Fully revised with forty thousand new words that take the reader up to present-day India, John Keays India: A History spans five millennia in a sweeping narrative that tells the story of the peoples of the subcontinent, from their ancient beginnings in... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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Beautiful Thing: Inside the Secret World of Bombay's Dance Bars by Sonia Faleiro Synopsis Already published in India to great acclaim and named a Time Out Subcontinental Book of the Year and an Observer Book of the Year, Beautiful Thing is a stunning piece of reportage that offers a rare firsthand glimpse into Bombays notorious sex industry... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Secularizing Islamists?: Jama'at-e-Islami and Jama'at-ud-Da'wa in Urban Pakistan (South Asia Across the Disciplines) by Humeira Iqtidar Publisher Comments Secularizing Islamists? provides an in-depth analysis of two Islamist parties in Pakistan, the highly influential Jama‘at-e-Islami and the more militant Jama‘at-ud-Da‘wa, widely blamed for the November 2008 terrorist attack in Mumbai... (read more) Your price: $40.95 New - Hardcover
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India: From Midnight to the Millennium and Beyond by Shashi Tharoor Publisher Comments At the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, a new nation was born. It has seventeen major languages and 22,000 distinct dialects. It has over a billion individuals of every ethnic extraction known to humanity. It has a population that is 32 percent... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Trade Paper
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Correspondence of Charles, First Marquis Cornwallis (Cambridge Library Collection - History) Volume 2 by Charles Cornwallis Publisher Comments Charles Cornwallis, first Marquis Cornwallis (1738-1805), was a highly influential colonial governor and British army officer, though he is best remembered for his role on the losing side in the American War of Independence (1775-1781). Cornwallis... (read more) Your price: $47.95 New - Trade Paper
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Tanap Monographs on the History of Asian-European Interactio #14: Lords of the Sea: The Ali Rajas of Cannanore and the Political Economy of Malabar (1663-1723) by Binu John Mailaparambil Publisher Comments In the second half of the seventeenth century the political and ritual relationships between the various elite houses of the kingdom of Cannanore on the Malabar Coast were affected by the shifting patterns in the Indian Ocean maritime trade. This study... (read more) Your price: $116.00 New - Hardcover
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Ancient Futures by Helen Norberg Hodge Synopsis The swiftly evolving socioeconomic life of Ladakh, whose people struggle to balance growth and technology with cultural values, offers crucial lessons in sustainable development. This gripping portrait of the western Himalayan land known as “Little... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Brief History of India by Alain Daniélou Publisher Comments Due to the continuity of its civilization and the diversity of its cultures, India is like a history museum. Danielou's observations of India create a thoroughly engaging and readable journey through time, with a marvelous level of detail and... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $17.75 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Report on the Territories Conquered from the Paishwa: Submitted to the Supreme Government of British India (Cambridge Library Collection - History) by Mountstuart Elphinstone Publisher Comments Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779 1859) was a colonial official who spent his career in India, eventually becoming governor of Bombay in 1819. Before that he was resident in Poona (Pune) during the final days of the Maratha empire. He was fluent in Persian... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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Making Sense of Pakistan (Columbia/Hurst) by Farzana Shaikh Publisher Comments Once a model of Muslim enlightenment, Pakistan is now facing a lethal Islamist threat. Many believe this is due to Pakistan's partnership with the United States, while others see it as the consequence of an authoritarian rule that has marginalized... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $17.50 Sale - Hardcover
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Yankee India by Susan S. Bean Publisher Comments Built around mariners' journals of their pioneering voyages, Yankee India charts the early development of commercial and cultural relations between the United States and India in the Age of Sail. Material embodiments of India at the time such as prints... (read more) Your price: $40.00 New - Hardcover
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Diary of William Hedges, Esq. (Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration) by William Hedges Publisher Comments The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished... (read more) Your price: $29.50 New - Trade Paper
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