India. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. c.1965. Black and white photographic illustrations, 60pp, very good in pictorial wrappers, oblong octavo. An overview of India, its history, culture, religion, politics and development. Text in both French and English. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 153841). More about Knowing India. Connaître l'Inde
New York. Monthly Review Press. 1989. xv + 324pp, bibliography, index, very good in hardback. In the series Sociology of "Developing Societies". Sections on the colonial transformation, the political economy of South Asia, ideologies and realities of inequality, regionalism and ethnicity, classes and popular struggles. (When referring to this item... More about South Asia
New York. Basic Books. 1968. ix + 277pp, appendix, biblio, index, dustjacket little torn, now protected, minor wear head of spine, a good copy. Examines student unrest in India and explores the history and growth of rebellion, the relationship between students and faculty, the role of politics in the student... More about Turmoil and Transition. Higher Education and Student Politics in India
Princeton. Princeton University Press. 2006. Map, black and white illustrations, xix + 181pp, biographical index, notes, references, index, paperback. "How can America's information technology industry predict serious labor shortages while at the same time laying off thousands of employees annually? The answer is the industry's flexible labor management system. This... More about Global Body Shopping. An Indian Labor System in the Information Technology Industry
Delhi. Manager of Publications. 1958. xii + 854pp + 1 leaf of adverts, appendix, index, papercovered boards considerably worn at extremities, boards foxed, some foxing edges but the text is clean and sound. Incorporates in a single volume data issued under the economic and social development agencies. Divided into 37... More about Statistical Abstract, India 1956-57
Calcutta. World Press Private. 1974. xiv + 458pp, bibliography, index, dustjacket torn with loss and faded spine, now protected, binding slightly shelf worn extremities, otherwise good. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 6304). More about The Changing Profile of India's Industrial Economy
Princeton. Princeton University Press. 1999. 293pp, bibliography, index, remainder mark lower edge, some minor damage endpapers. In this book the author "analyses Indian receptivity to the right-wing Hindu nationalist party and its political wing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which claims to create a polity based on "ancient" Hindu culture... More about The Saffron Wave. Democracy and Hindu Nationalism in Modern India
Berne. Kummerly & Frey. 1975. Maps, colour photographic plates, 236pp, signature of a prior owner front free endpaper. Text and striking photographic images which give an overview of India, its people, culture, resources, agriculture, climate, vegetation and soils in the mid 1970s. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 157601). More about India
Delhi. United Publications. n.d. 177pp, index, dustjacket worn and soiled with trifle loss, now protected, cloth little marked, faded spine, contents clean and sound. Articles on Indian society, culture, economy, politics, administration and the army first published in a series entitled "Mizan Newsletter". (When referring to this item please quote..... More about Indian Studies
London. George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1966. Black and white frontispiece, 161pp, dustjacket spine some torn loss, a good hardback copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 155276). More about The Philosophy of Mr. Nehru. As Revealed in a Series of Intimate Talks with R. K. Karanjia
New Delhi. SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd., 2013. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xv + 168pp, bibliography, index, a very good harback in dustjacket. The Nellie incident, involving the massacre of about 2,000 Muslim villagers, took place during the antiforeigner movement in Assam, in order to drive out illegal... More about The Nellie Massacre of 1983. Agency of Rioters
New Delhi. Roli Books. 2002. 240pp, paperback in very good condition. An alarming paradox emerges from witnessing prevalent national currents over the past three decades. The ominous paradox is that despite the demonstrable wisdom of the humble voter and the valiant attempts of the common citizen to seek a semblance... More about The Maverick Republic. Thirty Years of Coverage
New Delhi. New Bharat Press. c.1974. 128pp, small stain fore edges, otherwise a sound copy in little worn paperback. Hardwari Lal gives his critique of various democratic institutions, particularly in the state of Haryana, which he considers are being undermined through the practice of "rough and corrupt politics". (When referring... More about Emergence of Rough and Corrupt Politics in India. Anatomy of a Chief Minister
Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1970. Maps, 1 folding, xiv + 266pp, dustjacket extremities little worn, name paste down endpaper, edges foxed, a good hardback copy. A Study of elitism particularly concerned with Indian elites in the context of British influence and its aftermath. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 159127). More about Elites in South Asia
Canberra. A.N.U., n.d. (c.1968). Folding map, viii + 391pp, glossary, index, dustjacket slightly worn extremities, now protected, tail of spine trifle shelf worn, sticker mark front free endpaper, otherwise very good. Implications of social structures and social values in relation to historical events. Includes several case studies on social change..... More about Soundings in Modern South Asian History
United Kingdom: Woodhead Publishing Ltd, 2007. xxi + 166pp, index, notes, some minor scuffing on the front & back cover, but otherwise a very good copy. In 2010, India celebrated its 60th anniversary as an independent sovereign republic. India is the fourth largest economy by gross domestic product. Economically, it... More about India's Innovation Blueprint. How the Largest Democracy is Becoming an Innovation Super Power
New Delhi. Chetana. 1974. xi + 164pp, index, dustjacket worn extremities, now protected, stamp title page, otherwise good. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 11593). More about Failures of Indian Economy
London. Longmans, Green. 1957. Tables, xii + 417pp, appendices, bibliography, index, neat name stamped on front free endpaper and written in ink upper pastedown, some underlining few pages, some pages little creased, otherwise a good copy in little worn priceclipped dustjacket. Chapters: The Nature of Indian Politics, The Coming of... More about Parliament in India
United States: Harvard University Press, 2011. Black and white maps and illustrations, xiii + 343pp, notes, index, bibliography, glossary, a very good copy. Changing Homelands offers a startling new perspective on what was and was not politically possible in late colonial India. In this highly readable account of the partition... More about Changing Homelands. Hindu Politics and the Partition of India
New Delhi. People's Publishing House. 1966. ix + 419pp, index, edges and endpapers browned, small bookseller's label upper pastedown, a sound copy in little worn and marked cloth covered boards. Chapters on Indian nationalism, economy, capitalism, agriculture, finance, democracy, social organisation and culture. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 153091). More about Economics and Politics of India's Socialist Pattern
London. Oxford University Press. 1968. Reprint. xii + 834pp, index, neat signature front free endpaper, library stamp and remainer mark lower edges, otherwise a clean sound copy in little worn hardback. The object of this work is to give a synopsis of the nature, extent, and effects of the influence... More about Modern India and the West. A Study of the Interactions of Their Civilizations
London. Oxford University Press. 1968. Reprint. xii + 834pp, index, a good copy in slightly torn and priceclipped dustjacket This is a study of the effects of the impact of modern western civilization on India, and the relex action of Indian culture on the West. Chapters include The Press -... More about Modern India and the West. A Study of the Interactions of Their Civilizations
London. Victor Gollancz. 1960. 174pp, edges and endpapers little foxed, still a good copy in little worn and marked paperback. Common Sense Series, No. 4. Chapters include Democracy at Work, Social Changes, Economic Changes, Science and Technology, India and Pakistan, India and the World. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 79194). More about Common Sense About India
Bombay. Asia Publishing. 1961. Third edition. 139pp, spine faded, a sound copy in patchily faded cloth covered boards. Chapters: Introduction, The Argument, Hindu Social Institutions, Untouchability, Women in the Hindu Family, Custom as King, Legslation and Society, The Impacts, The Prospects, Religion and Society, Conclusion. (When referring to this item... More about Hindu Society at Cross Roads
New Delhi. Vani Prakashan. 2005. Black and white illustrations, 235pp, references, bibliography, minor bumps upper and lower right corners, a good paperback copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 143401). More about The Saga of Rickshaw: Identity, Struggle and Claims
