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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankAConciseHistoryofModernIndiaInthissecondeditionoftheirsuccessfulAConciseHistoryofIndia,BarbaraMetcalfandThomasMetcalfexploreIndia’smodernhistoryafreshandupdatetheeventsofthelastdecade.TheseincludethetakeoverbyCongressfromtheseeminglyentrenchedHindunationalistpar
2、tyin2004,India’shugeadvancesintechnology,andthecountry’snewroleasamajorplayerinworldaffairs.FromthedaysoftheMughals,throughtheBritishEmpire,andintoindependence,thecountryhasbeensustainedandtransformedbyitsinstitutionalstructures.Astheauthorsargue,itistheseinstitutionswhichhavehelpedbringabou
3、tthesocial,cultural,andeconomicchangesthathavetakenplaceoverthelasthalf-centuryandpavedthewayforthemodernsuccessstory.Despitetheseadvances,poverty,socialinequality,andreligiousdivisionstillfester.Inresponsetothesedilemmas,thebookgrappleswithquestionsofcasteandreligiousidentity,andtheverynatu
4、reoftheIndiannation.barbarad.metcalfisAliceFreemanPalmerProfessorofHistoryattheUniversityofMichigan,AnnArbor,andDirectoroftheCenterforSouthAsiaStudies.HerpublicationsincludeIslamicRevivalinBritishIndia(1982;2ndedn,2002)andIslamicContestations:EssaysonMuslimsinIndiaandPakistan(2004).thomasr.m
5、etcalfisProfessorofHistoryandSarahKailathProfes-sorofIndiaStudiesEmeritusattheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley.HisrecentpublicationsincludeIdeologiesoftheRaj(1994)andForgingtheRaj:EssaysonBritishIndiaintheHeydayofEmpire(2005).CAMBRIDGECONCISEHISTORIESThisisaseriesofillustrated‘concisehistorie
6、s’ofselectedindividualcountries,intendedbothasuniversityandcollegetextbooksandashistoricalintroductionsforgeneralreaders,travellersandmembersofthebusinesscommunity.Foralistoftitlesintheseries,seeendofbook.AConciseHistoryofModernIndiaSECONDEDITIONBARBARAD.METCALFUniversityofMichiganandTHOMASR
7、.METCALFUniversityofCalifornia,BerkeleycambridgeuniversitypressCambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown,Singapore,SãoPauloCambridgeUniversityPressTheEdinburghBuilding,Cambridgecb22ru,UKPublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyCambridgeUniversityPres
