Author: Pankaj Mishra
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9780330434683
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
In his new book, Mishra brings literary authority and political insight to bear on travels that are at once epic and personal as he sees the pressures of Western-style modernity, prosperity, and globalization on a rapidly changing region.
Temptations of the West
Author: Pankaj Mishra
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9780330434683
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
In his new book, Mishra brings literary authority and political insight to bear on travels that are at once epic and personal as he sees the pressures of Western-style modernity, prosperity, and globalization on a rapidly changing region.
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9780330434683
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
In his new book, Mishra brings literary authority and political insight to bear on travels that are at once epic and personal as he sees the pressures of Western-style modernity, prosperity, and globalization on a rapidly changing region.
An Environmental History of India
Author: Michael H. Fisher
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107111625
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
This longue durée survey of the Indian subcontinent's environmental history reveals the complex interactions among its people and the natural world.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107111625
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
This longue durée survey of the Indian subcontinent's environmental history reveals the complex interactions among its people and the natural world.
Temptations of the West
Author: Pankaj Mishra
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429954647
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
A vivid, often surprising account of South Asia today by the author of An End to Suffering In his new book, Pankaj Mishra brings literary authority and political insight to bear on travels that are at once epic and personal. Traveling in the changing cultures of South Asia, Mishra sees the pressures—the temptations—of Western-style modernity and prosperity, and teases out the paradoxes of globalization. A visit to Allahabad, birthplace of Jawaharlal Nehru, occasions a brief history of the tumultuous post-independence politics Nehru set in motion. In Kashmir, just after the brutal killing of thirtyfive Sikhs, Mishra sees Muslim guerrillas playing with Sikh village children while the media ponder a (largely irrelevant) visit by President Clinton. And in Tibet Mishra exquisitely parses the situation whereby the Chinese government—officially atheist and strongly opposed to a free Tibet—has discovered that Tibetan Buddhism can "be packaged and sold to tourists." Temptations of the West is a book concerned with history still in the making—essential reading about a conflicted and rapidly changing region.
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429954647
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
A vivid, often surprising account of South Asia today by the author of An End to Suffering In his new book, Pankaj Mishra brings literary authority and political insight to bear on travels that are at once epic and personal. Traveling in the changing cultures of South Asia, Mishra sees the pressures—the temptations—of Western-style modernity and prosperity, and teases out the paradoxes of globalization. A visit to Allahabad, birthplace of Jawaharlal Nehru, occasions a brief history of the tumultuous post-independence politics Nehru set in motion. In Kashmir, just after the brutal killing of thirtyfive Sikhs, Mishra sees Muslim guerrillas playing with Sikh village children while the media ponder a (largely irrelevant) visit by President Clinton. And in Tibet Mishra exquisitely parses the situation whereby the Chinese government—officially atheist and strongly opposed to a free Tibet—has discovered that Tibetan Buddhism can "be packaged and sold to tourists." Temptations of the West is a book concerned with history still in the making—essential reading about a conflicted and rapidly changing region.
The Central Treaty Organization
Author: United States. Department of State. Office of Media Services
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
India-Pakistan Negotiations
Author: Dennis Kux
Publisher: US Institute of Peace Press
ISBN: 9781929223879
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
This book provides a historical and current review of the trends of six key India-Pakistan negotiations, largely over shared resources and political boundaries.
Publisher: US Institute of Peace Press
ISBN: 9781929223879
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
This book provides a historical and current review of the trends of six key India-Pakistan negotiations, largely over shared resources and political boundaries.
Shooting for a Century
Author: Stephen P. Cohen
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 0815721862
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
The India-Pakistan rivalry is one of the five percent of international conflicts that has been labeled as intractable. Cohen draws on his varied experiences in South Asia as he develops a comprehensive theory of why the dispute is intractable and suggests ways in which it may be ameliorated.
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 0815721862
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
The India-Pakistan rivalry is one of the five percent of international conflicts that has been labeled as intractable. Cohen draws on his varied experiences in South Asia as he develops a comprehensive theory of why the dispute is intractable and suggests ways in which it may be ameliorated.
The China-Pakistan Axis
Author: Andrew Small
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019007681X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
"The Beijing-Islamabad axis plays a central role in Asia's geopolitics, from India's rise to the prospects for a post-American Afghanistan, from the threat of nuclear terrorism to the continent's new map of mines, ports and pipelines. China is Pakistan's great economic hope and its most trusted military partner; Pakistan is the battleground for China's encounters with Islamic militancy and the heart of its efforts to counter-balance the emerging US-India partnership. For decades, each country has been the other's only 'all-weather' friend. Yet the relationship is still little understood. The wildest claims about it are widely believed, while many of its most dramatic developments are hidden from the public eye. This book sets out the recent history of Sino-Pakistani ties and their ramifications for the West, for India, for Afghanistan, and for Asia as a whole. It tells the stories behind some of its most sensitive aspects, including Beijing's support for Pakistan's nuclear program, China's dealings with the Taliban, and the Chinese military's planning for crises in Pakistan. It describes a relationship increasingly shaped by Pakistan's internal strife, and the dilemmas China faces between the need for regional stability and the imperative for strategic competition with India and the USA."--Amazon.com.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019007681X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
"The Beijing-Islamabad axis plays a central role in Asia's geopolitics, from India's rise to the prospects for a post-American Afghanistan, from the threat of nuclear terrorism to the continent's new map of mines, ports and pipelines. China is Pakistan's great economic hope and its most trusted military partner; Pakistan is the battleground for China's encounters with Islamic militancy and the heart of its efforts to counter-balance the emerging US-India partnership. For decades, each country has been the other's only 'all-weather' friend. Yet the relationship is still little understood. The wildest claims about it are widely believed, while many of its most dramatic developments are hidden from the public eye. This book sets out the recent history of Sino-Pakistani ties and their ramifications for the West, for India, for Afghanistan, and for Asia as a whole. It tells the stories behind some of its most sensitive aspects, including Beijing's support for Pakistan's nuclear program, China's dealings with the Taliban, and the Chinese military's planning for crises in Pakistan. It describes a relationship increasingly shaped by Pakistan's internal strife, and the dilemmas China faces between the need for regional stability and the imperative for strategic competition with India and the USA."--Amazon.com.
The Great Partition
Author: Yasmin Khan
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300233647
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
A reappraisal of the tumultuous Partition and how it ignited long-standing animosities between India and Pakistan This new edition of Yasmin Khan’s reappraisal of the tumultuous India-Pakistan Partition features an introduction reflecting on the latest research and on ways in which commemoration of the Partition has changed, and considers the Partition in light of the current refugee crisis. Reviews of the first edition: “A riveting book on this terrible story.”—Economist “Unsparing. . . . Provocative and painful.”—Times (London) “Many histories of Partition focus solely on the elite policy makers. Yasmin Khan’s empathetic account gives a great insight into the hopes, dreams, and fears of the millions affected by it.”—Owen Bennett Jones, BBC
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300233647
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
A reappraisal of the tumultuous Partition and how it ignited long-standing animosities between India and Pakistan This new edition of Yasmin Khan’s reappraisal of the tumultuous India-Pakistan Partition features an introduction reflecting on the latest research and on ways in which commemoration of the Partition has changed, and considers the Partition in light of the current refugee crisis. Reviews of the first edition: “A riveting book on this terrible story.”—Economist “Unsparing. . . . Provocative and painful.”—Times (London) “Many histories of Partition focus solely on the elite policy makers. Yasmin Khan’s empathetic account gives a great insight into the hopes, dreams, and fears of the millions affected by it.”—Owen Bennett Jones, BBC
The People Next Door
Author: T. C. A. Raghavan
Publisher: Hurst & Company
ISBN: 178738019X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Published in 2017 by HarperCollins Publishers India.
Publisher: Hurst & Company
ISBN: 178738019X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Published in 2017 by HarperCollins Publishers India.
India, Pakistan, and the West
Author: Thomas George Percival Spear
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description