Independent India 1947-2000 [Paperback] Wendy Singer

Book Details
• Book Name: Independent India
• Language: English
• ISBN-13: 9781138598560
• Writer: Wendy Singer
• Publisher: Routledge
• Pages: 220
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject/Category: History, Politics, Cultural Studies

Details:
Independent India is an exploration of India’s national history from independence in 1947 to the end of the twentieth century. Wendy Singer charts the rapid development of this emerging world power by following a series of different narratives crucial to the history of post-independence India: national integrations, the ongoing development of arts and culture, social movements, and political change.

In telling the broader history of political movements and cultural transformations from various perspectives, this book provides key examples that demonstrate the experiences of women and men from the many classes and cultures that comprise modern India.

Key features include:
• Thematic chapters within a chronological structure, incorporating different approaches to the study of history
• A varied range of primary sources, demonstrating the diversity of material available
• In-depth social, cultural, and political analysis, including the study of regional identities, film, literature, gender, politics, and economic change

Investigating India’s recent national history from a range of angles, this new Seminar Studies volume is an essential introduction for anyone who wishes to learn more about the important place that India, the world’s largest democracy, has in our global age.