Modern India: A Very Short Introduction
Craig Jeffrey
Modern India: A Very Short Introduction
Craig Jeffrey
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India has become one of the world's emerging powers, rivaling China in terms of global influence. Yet people still know relatively little about the cultural changes unfolding in India today. Craig Jeffrey looks at the history of India, and considers the questions and challenges facing it today, informed by the everyday stories of Indian citizens.
It is a feat to condense the history of India into a snappy pocket-size book. Craig Jeffrey's vividly and lucidly written ^
A short and serious account of present-day India
A remarkable achievement, to provide such an inclusive introduction to a diverse, vast, and ancient country so concisely.
Craig Jeffrey is Director and CEO of the Australia India Institute and a Professor of Human Geography at the University of Melbourne. He has formerly worked in Cambridge, Edinburgh, Seattle and Oxford. His research focuses on youth, education, and everyday politics in India and has published six books on this theme, including the acclaimed Timepass: Youth, Class and the Politics of Waiting in India (Stanford University Press, 2010).
It is a feat to condense the history of India into a snappy pocket-size book. Craig Jeffrey's vividly and lucidly written ^
A short and serious account of present-day India
A remarkable achievement, to provide such an inclusive introduction to a diverse, vast, and ancient country so concisely.
Craig Jeffrey is Director and CEO of the Australia India Institute and a Professor of Human Geography at the University of Melbourne. He has formerly worked in Cambridge, Edinburgh, Seattle and Oxford. His research focuses on youth, education, and everyday politics in India and has published six books on this theme, including the acclaimed Timepass: Youth, Class and the Politics of Waiting in India (Stanford University Press, 2010).