A Concise History of Modern India (Cambridge Concise Histories)

The Concise History of Modern India by Barbara Metcalf and Thomas Metcalf is a comprehensive and up-to-date exploration of India's modern history, covering the last decade of events and offering fresh insights into the country's transformation.

This book provides a lucid and comprehensive account of India's institutional structures and their impact on social, cultural, and economic changes over the past half century.

Despite the country's advances in technology and its new role as a major player in world affairs, poverty, social inequality, and religious division continue to persist.

The book grapples with these dilemmas by examining questions of caste and religious identity and the nature of the Indian nation.

With a focus on the most recent developments and a balanced perspective, this book is an essential reading for all undergraduate and graduate courses on South Asian history.