South Asian Studies
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Planning for Water Security in Southeast Asia
Community-Based Infrastructure During the Urban Transition
September, 2022
£40.00 / $40.00
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A New India?
Critical Reflections in the Long Twentieth Century
Edited by Anthony P. D'Costa
foreword by Deepak NayyarThis volume critically examines the notion of a ‘new’ India by recognizing that India is changing remarkably and by exposing the many economic, social, and political contradictions that are integral to contemporary India.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857286642
December 2010
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£115.00 / $115.00This volume critically examines the notion of a ‘new’ India by recognizing that India is changing remarkably and by exposing the many economic, social, and political contradictions that are integral to contemporary India.
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Dialogics of Self, the Mahabharata and Culture
The History of Understanding and Understanding of History
Lakshmi Bandlamudi
'Dialogics of Self, the Mahabharata and Culture: The History of Understanding and Understanding of History' explores the interrelationships between individual and cultural historical dynamics in interpreting texts, using key concepts from Bakhtin’s theory of dialogics.
Anthem Press
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9781843318354
May 2010
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Dialogics of Self, the Mahabharata and Culture: The History of Understanding and Understanding of History’ explores the interrelationships between individual and cultural historical dynamics in interpreting texts, using key concepts from Bakhtin’s theory of dialogics.
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Poverty, Inequality, and Inclusive Growth in Asia
Measurement, Policy Issues, and Country Studies
Edited by Juzhong Zhuang
'Poverty, Inequality, and Inclusive Growth in Asia' examines why Asia needs inclusive growth, what policy ingredients an inclusive growth strategy entails, and how such a strategy can lead to benefits of growth being more equitably shared.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843318453
May 2010
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Poverty, Inequality, and Inclusive Growth in Asia’ examines why Asia needs inclusive growth, what policy ingredients an inclusive growth strategy entails, and how such a strategy can lead to benefits of growth being more equitably shared.
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South Asian Media Cultures
Audiences, Representations, Contexts
Edited by Shakuntala Banaji
'South Asian Media Cultures' examines a wide range of media cultures and practices from across South Asia, using a common set of historical, political and theoretical engagements.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843318422
April 2010
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£115.00 / $115.00‘South Asian Media Cultures’ examines a wide range of media cultures and practices from across South Asia, using a common set of historical, political and theoretical engagements.
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India and the World Bank
The Politics of Aid and Influence
Jason A. Kirk
'The World Bank needs India more than India needs it.' So goes an emerging consensus on both sides of the relationship between the Bank and its largest borrower. This book analyzes the politics of aid and influence, with a particular focus on sub-national state-level reforms in India.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843318507
April 2010
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£115.00 / $115.00‘The World Bank needs India more than India needs it.’ So goes an emerging consensus on both sides of the relationship between the Bank and its largest borrower. This book analyzes the politics of aid and influence, with a particular focus on sub-national state-level reforms in India.
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Mad Tales from the Raj
Colonial Psychiatry in South Asia, 1800-58
Waltraud Ernst
This revised and enlarged reprint provides a comprehensive assessment of the British response to mental illness among both colonizers and the colonized during the East India Company's rule in India.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843318811
March 2010
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£115.00 / $115.00This revised and enlarged reprint provides a comprehensive assessment of the British response to mental illness among both colonizers and the colonized during the East India Company’s rule in India.
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The Retreat of Democracy and Other Itinerant Essays on Globalization, Economics, and India
Kaushik Basu
‘The Retreat of Democracy’ presents an expanded and reworked selection of Basu's best journalistic writings on political and economic themes since the late 1990s.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843318651
January 2010
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£115.00 / $115.00‘The Retreat of Democracy’ presents an expanded and reworked selection of Basu’s best journalistic writings on political and economic themes since the late 1990s.
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India and the Global Financial Crisis
Managing Money and Finance
Y. V. Reddy
‘India and the Global Financial Crisis’ offers a collection of key speeches delivered by Reddy during his tenure as Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, and provides insights into the challenges facing the management of India's calibrated integration within the global economy.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843318019
January 2010
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£99.00 / $99.00‘India and the Global Financial Crisis’ offers a collection of key speeches delivered by Reddy during his tenure as Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, and provides insights into the challenges facing the management of India’s calibrated integration within the global economy.
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Bollywood and Globalization
Indian Popular Cinema, Nation, and Diaspora
Edited by Rini Bhattacharya Mehta, Rajeshwari V. Pandharipande
This book is a collection of incisive articles on the interactions between Indian Popular Cinema and the political and cultural ideologies of a new post-Global India.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843318330
January 2010
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£115.00 / $115.00This book is a collection of incisive articles on the interactions between Indian Popular Cinema and the political and cultural ideologies of a new post-Global India.
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Altered Destinations
Self, Society, and Nation in India
Makarand R. Paranjape
‘Altered Destinations’ addresses the complex interrelations of state, nation and identity in India through the medium of culture, and compellingly reframes the debate in the context of the Gandhian concept of swaraj.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843317975
October 2009
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Altered Destinations’ addresses the complex interrelations of state, nation and identity in India through the medium of culture, and compellingly reframes the debate in the context of the Gandhian concept of swaraj.
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Citizenship and Statelessness in Sri Lanka
The Case of the Tamil Estate Workers
Valli Kanapathipillai
‘Citizenship and Statelessness in Sri Lanka’ analyses the context of the agreement between the Sri Lankan and Indian government that led to the loss of citizenship of Indian Tamil estate workers in Sri Lanka.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843317913
August 2009
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Citizenship and Statelessness in Sri Lanka’ analyses the context of the agreement between the Sri Lankan and Indian government that led to the loss of citizenship of Indian Tamil estate workers in Sri Lanka.
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Calcutta Mosaic
Essays and Interviews on the Minority Communities of Calcutta
Edited by Himadri Banerjee, Nilanjana Gupta, Sipra Mukherjee
‘Calcutta Mosiac’ explores the history of the diverse immigrant communities of this great city.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9788190583558
July 2009
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Calcutta Mosiac’ explores the history of the diverse immigrant communities of this great city.
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Another Canon
Indian Texts and Traditions in English
Makarand R. Paranjape
Both rigorous and readable, ‘Another Canon’ is an original contribution to the study of Indian English literature.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9788190757003
July 2009
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£115.00 / $115.00Both rigorous and readable, ‘Another Canon’ is an original contribution to the study of Indian English literature.
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Indian Democracy
Problems and Prospects
Edited by M Manisha, Sharmila Mitra Deb
‘Indian Democracy’ is an attempt to understand the development of democratic polity in India.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9788190757041
July 2009
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Indian Democracy’ is an attempt to understand the development of democratic polity in India.
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The Changing Identity of Rural India
A Socio-Historic Analysis
Edited by Elisabetta Basile, Ishita Mukhopadhyay
The book explores the pattern of rural development in contemporary India from a multidisciplinary and historical perspective. The general issue raised in the book refers to the assessment of the nature and working of contemporary Indian rural economy.
Anthem Press India
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9781843318231
July 2009
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£99.00 / $99.00The book explores the pattern of rural development in contemporary India from a multidisciplinary and historical perspective. The general issue raised in the book refers to the assessment of the nature and working of contemporary Indian rural economy.
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Science, Spirituality and the Modernization of India
Edited by Makarand R. Paranjape
foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama‘Science, Spirituality and the Modernisation of India’ explores the lively transaction between science and spirituality in India over the last 150 years. The book addresses the tension between science and spirituality; how some key figures in India explored the relationship between the two in the very process of trying to reform their society; significant areas of research in which both are both deeply implicated; and their relationship with gender and social justice.
Anthem Press India
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9781843317760
April 2009
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£100.00 / $100.00‘Science, Spirituality and the Modernisation of India’ explores the lively transaction between science and spirituality in India over the last 150 years. The book addresses the tension between science and spirituality; how some key figures in India explored the relationship between the two in the very process of trying to reform their society; significant areas of research in which both are both deeply implicated; and their relationship with gender and social justice.
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Nationalizing the Body
The Medical Market, Print and Daktari Medicine
Projit Bihari Mukharji
‘Nationalizing the Body’ examines the different meanings of ‘modern medicine’ that were employed in colonial South Asia, and explores the different discourses that were constructed around ‘modernity’.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843313151
February 2009
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Nationalizing the Body’ examines the different meanings of ‘modern medicine’ that were employed in colonial South Asia, and explores the different discourses that were constructed around ‘modernity’.
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Martyr as Bridegroom
A Folk Representation of Bhagat Singh
Ishwar Dayal Gaur
‘Martyr As Bridegroom: A Folk Representation of Bhagat Singh’ is written from the viewpoint of vernacular Punjabi culture and tries to tread on the marginalized path of vernacular culture as a methodology of a historian's craft. The book seeks to understand the manner in which Punjabis constructed the image of Bhagat Singh in their literature.
Anthem Press India
Hardback
9788190583503
January 2008
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£80.00 / $80.00‘Martyr As Bridegroom: A Folk Representation of Bhagat Singh’ is written from the viewpoint of vernacular Punjabi culture and tries to tread on the marginalized path of vernacular culture as a methodology of a historian’s craft. The book seeks to understand the manner in which Punjabis constructed the image of Bhagat Singh in their literature.
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Special Economic Zones in India
Myths and Realities
Amitendu Palit, Subhomoy Bhattacharjee
foreword by Bibek DebroySpecial Economic Zones (SEZs), introduced in February 2006, are one of the stiffest challenges for India's economic policy reforms. The emotionally charged debate on SEZs has often produced inflexible positions on either side. The unusually strong public reaction has also forced policymakers to revisit several aspects of the policy in recent months. As the first book on India's SEZs, this volume examines different popular perceptions - both good and bad - surrounding these zones.
Anthem Press India
Hardback
9788190583534
January 2008
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£80.00 / $80.00Special Economic Zones (SEZs), introduced in February 2006, are one of the stiffest challenges for India’s economic policy reforms. The emotionally charged debate on SEZs has often produced inflexible positions on either side. The unusually strong public reaction has also forced policymakers to revisit several aspects of the policy in recent months. As the first book on India’s SEZs, this volume examines different popular perceptions – both good and bad – surrounding these zones.
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Special Economic Zones in India
Myths and Realities
Amitendu Palit, Subhomoy Bhattacharjee
foreword by Bibek DebroySpecial Economic Zones (SEZs), introduced in February 2006, are one of the stiffest challenges for India's economic policy reforms. The emotionally charged debate on SEZs has often produced inflexible positions on either side. The unusually strong public reaction has also forced policymakers to revisit several aspects of the policy in recent months. As the first book on India's SEZs, this volume examines different popular perceptions - both good and bad - surrounding these zones.
Anthem Press India
Hardback
STSN26170
January 2008
Active
£80.00 / $80.00Special Economic Zones (SEZs), introduced in February 2006, are one of the stiffest challenges for India’s economic policy reforms. The emotionally charged debate on SEZs has often produced inflexible positions on either side. The unusually strong public reaction has also forced policymakers to revisit several aspects of the policy in recent months. As the first book on India’s SEZs, this volume examines different popular perceptions – both good and bad – surrounding these zones.
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The Indian Uprising of 1857-8
Prisons, Prisoners and Rebellion
Clare Anderson
An in-depth study of the 1857 Indian mutiny-rebellion, exploring the political and social themes of this remarkable phenomenon.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843312499
September 2007
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£115.00 / $115.00An in-depth study of the 1857 Indian mutiny-rebellion, exploring the political and social themes of this remarkable phenomenon.
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An Insider’s Experience of Insurgency in India’s North-East
J. R. Mukherjee
A rare analysis that – for the first time – examines the crises of a region mired in political strife and ambiguity.
Anthem Press India
Hardback
9781843317005
May 2007
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£80.00 / $80.00A rare analysis that – for the first time – examines the crises of a region mired in political strife and ambiguity.
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Bengal Partition Stories
An Unclosed Chapter
Edited by Bashabi Fraser
Through oral histories, interviews and fictional retellings, 'Bengal Partition Stories' unearths and articulates the collective memories of a people traumatised by the brutal division of their homeland.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843312253
September 2006
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£115.00 / $115.00Through oral histories, interviews and fictional retellings, ‘Bengal Partition Stories’ unearths and articulates the collective memories of a people traumatised by the brutal division of their homeland.
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Men and Masculinities in South India
Caroline Osella, Filippo Osella
An anthropological examination of masculinity within South Asian societies.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843312321
September 2006
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£115.00 / $115.00An anthropological examination of masculinity within South Asian societies.