NEW AND FORTHCOMING BOOKS ON SOUTH ASIA AND THE INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT
1. Abraham, Itty. South Asian Cultures of the Bomb. Atomic Publics and the State in India and Pakistan. pp. 232. With 19 figures. Jan.2009. Essays examining the political and ideological components of national drives to possess and test nuclear weapons. H/B £41.00, Paper £13.99
2. Alam, Muzaffar. & Subrahmahyam, Sanjoy. Indo-Persian Travels in the Age of Discoveries, 1400-1800. pp. 416. With 18 illustrations & 5 maps. 2007. £55.00
3. Alamgir, Jalal. India’s Open-Economy Policy. Globalism, Rivalry, Continuity. pp. 192. Oct. 2008. £75.00
4. Allen, Charles. Kipling Sahib. India and it's making of Rudyard Kipling. pp. 449. 2008. Assessment of Kipling in India, exploring 5 years of childhood in Bombay, 7 years as a journalist in Northern India. £20.00
5. Ayesha, Jalal. Partisans of Allah. Jihad in South Asia. pp. 400. With 8 illustrations and 2 maps. 2008. Surveys the history of South Asian Muslims. £19.95
6. Ball, Warwick. The Monuments of Afghanistan. History, Archeology and Architecture. pp. 352. With photos, maps & site plans. April 2008. £49.50
7. Banerjee, Mukulika & Miller, Daniel. The Sari. pp. 320. With 250 illustrations. Oct.2008. Shows how a simply constructed garment can reveal the intricate design of life in modern India. £19.99
8. Batra, N.L. Delhi’s Red Fort by the Yamuna. pp. 180. 2008. Story of the Fort built by the Mughal Emperor Shahjahan (1628-58), focusing on the architectural & historical features & the political, social and economic conditions that prevailed during the reigns of the rulers who have used it. £54.00
9. Behera, Navnita, Chadha. International Relations in South Asia. Search for an Alternative Paradigm. pp. 360. Sept.2008. Discusses how constructivism, critical theory, post-colonial traditions of thought and feminist approaches offer alternative ways to understand international politics in South Asia, covering Pakistan, Sri Lanka, & India. £37.50
10. Berger, Arthur Asa. The Golden Triangle. An Ethno-Semiotic Tour of Present-day India. pp. 132. April 2008. Offers ethnographic study of contemporary culture in Rajasthan and India and considers tourism, both on anthropological and sociological level. £17.50
11. Bery, Suman, Bosworth, Berry, Panagariya, Arvind (eds.) India Policy Forum. 2007-08. pp.308. Sept.2008. Presents research on the major economic policy issues that confront contemporary India. £35.00
12. Bhatia, Michael Vinay. & Sedra, Mark. Afghanistan, Arms and Conflict. Armed Groups, Disarmament and Security in a Post War Society. pp.256 July 2008. £70.00
13. Brass, Paul. Handbook of South Asian Politics. pp. 408. Dec. 2008. £125.00
14. Carvalho, Pedro, Moura. With contributions by Robert Skelton & and Stephen Vernoit. Gems and Jewels of Moghal India. pp. 400. Illustrations. Dec. 2008. The Khalili Collection of Islamic Art. Vol III. £89.00
15. Chatterji, Joya. The Spoils of Partition. Bengal and India.1947-1967. pp.360. With line diagram, 26 tables & 19 maps. 2007. £50.00
16. Chaudhury, Rahul. India as a Rising Great Power. Challenges and Opportunities. pp. 120. July 2008. Adelphi Papers. £15.99
17. Cook, Nancy. Gender, Identity and Imperialism. Women Development Workers in Pakistan. pp. 244. July 2008. Ethnographic study, showing how Western Women living in Pakistan as international development workers have constructed new identities in a Muslim community. £42.50
18. Craig, Jeffrey & others. Degrees Without Freedom? Education, Masculinities and Unemployment in North India. pp. 256. March 2008. Offers a perspective of how education affects the rural poor in South Asia. £37.50
19. Dehejia, Vidya. The Body Adorned. Dissolving Boundaries Between the Sacred and Profane in Indian Art. pp. 219. With 70 illustrations. Jan. 2009. £23.50
20. Dirks, Nicholas. The Scandal of Empire. India and the Creation of Imperial Britain. 2008. £12.95
21. Eltsov, Piotr Andreevich. From Harappa to Hastinapura. A Study of the Earliest South Asian City and Civilization. pp. 244. With plans and photos. June 2008. Discusses the use of ancient texts in the analysis of archaeological data, the idea of the city and a complex society in ancient Indian literature and civilization in Harappan and Gangetic South Asia. £42.00
22. Framarin, Christopher. Desire and Motivation in Indian Philosophy. pp. 240. Sept. 2008. £85.00
23. Giustozzi, Antonio. Empires of Mud. Wars and Warlords in Afghanistan. pp. 320. Jan. 2009. £25.00
24. Goodhand, Jonathan, Spencer J, & Korf, Benedict. Conflict and Peace Building in Sri Lanka, Caught in the Peace Trap? pp. 240.Aug. 2008. £85.00
25. Goswamy, B. The Word is Sacred, Sacred is the Word. The Indian Manuscript Tradition. pp. 204. Feb. 2008. The manuscripts described, come from public and private collections, spanning two millennia of Indian cultural history and explores creation of manuscripts. £30.00
26. Hancock, Mary. The Politics of Heritage from Madras to Chennai. pp. 336. With 24 photos, 3 maps. Dec. 2008. Anthropological history, examining the politics of public memory in the southern Indian city of Chennai, and the spatialization of memory under the conditions of neoliberalism. £23.00
27. Henderson, Carol. & Weisgrau, Maxine. (eds.) Raj Rhapsodies: Tourism, Heritage and the Seduction of History. New Directions in Tourism Analysis. pp. 282. 2007. Studies of tourism to Rajasthan, providing a snapshot of the changes taking place in India today. £55.00
28. Herman, Athur. Gandhi and Churchill. The Epic Rivalry that Destroyed an Empire and Forged our Age. pp. 736. Oct. 2008. £25.00
29. Hill, Christopher. South Asia. An Environmental History. pp. 329. Illustrations. April 2008. The book shows how the civilizations of this region were formed (physically, ethically and culturally) by their interactions with the environment. £57.95
30. Hogan, Patrick Understanding Indian Movies. Culture, Cognition & Cinematic Imagination. pp. 314. With 69 photos. Oct. 2008. Contains analysis of information about Indian history, Hindu metaphysics, Islamic spirituality, Sanskrit aesthetic in order to provide cultural contexts for understanding Indian films. £31.00
31. Holmes, J. Winner, A & Yoshihara, Toshi. Indian Maritime Strategy in the 21st Century. pp. 208. Dec. 2008. £70.00
32. Hussain, Zahid. Frontline Pakistan. The Path to Catastrophe and the Killing of Benazir Bhutto. pp. 240. Feb. 2008. £9.99
33. Ilaiah, Kancha. Post-Hindu India. A Discourse in Dalit-Bahujan, Socio-Spiritual and Scientific Revolution. pp. 316. Feb. 2009. Deals with Indian civil societal relations, political economy, roots cultural essence and historicity. £14.99
34. India: Fascinating Earth. (Guide Book) With more than 250 full colour photos and informative texts. 2008. £9.99
35. Isaac, John. The Vale of Kashmir. Illustrations. Oct.2008. Ex-UN Photographer and Author pays tribute to the land and people. pp. 192. With 140 photos. Sept. 2008. Describes and shows daily life, canals. gardens, city of Srinagar, Hindu Pilgrimages through the mountains. £38.00
36. Khan, M. Manoor & Bhatti, M, Ishoq. Development in Islamic Banking. The Case of Pakistan. pp. 256. July 2008. £60.00
37. Kerr, Douglas. Eastern Figures. July 2008. Examines British writing about the East focusing on India in the colonial and post colonial period. £23.95
38. Khan, Yasmin. The Great Partition. The Making of India and Pakistan. pp. 250. With 16 illustrations. Oct. 2008. £9.99
39. Khek, Gee Lim. Imagining the Good Life. Negotiating Culture and Development in Nepal, Himalaya. pp. 225. Aug.2008. £66.00
40. Kumar, Rajiv. India and the Global Economy. pp. 346. April 2008. £47.95
41. Lak, Daniel. India Express. Nov. 2008. Weaves together knowledge of Indian politics, economics, and culture with stories of everyday life and people. £15.99
42. Lebra, Joyce. The Indian National Army and Japan. pp.257. 2008. £31.00
43. Levi, Carlo. Essays on India. Translated by Antony Shugaar. 2008.The topics cover Gandhi, Sacred cows, dwarfs fakirs, funeral pyres, etc. £7.99
44. Long, J. Jainism, An Introduction. pp. 272. Illustrations. Textbook. Oct.2008. H/B £45.00, Paper £14.95
45. McCartney, Mathew. India. The Political Economy of Growth and the State, 1951-2008. pp. 272. Dec. 2008. £85.00
46. Mc Gilvary, George. East India Patronage and the British State. The Scottish Elite and Politics in the 18th Century. pp. 288. March 2008. Tells the story of the 1725 patronage system which enabled ministers to use posts in the East India Co., and Scots to go to India as Company servants to bring back wealth. £52.50
47. Medieval India. Historical Dictionary, with photos, maps, chronology, bibliography, and with introductory essay. 2008. £49.00
48. Mc Grath. Stri. Women in the Epic Mahabharata. pp. 230. Nov.2008. Study of heroic femininity as it appears in the Mahabharata and the roles of wife, daughter-in-law & mother and the marital systems that surround them. £16.95
49. McLeod, Dunca. India and Pakistan, Friends, Rivals or Enemies? pp. 180. With map. Nov. 2008. Examines the politicization of culture, cultures of rivalry and conflict, enmity and unlimited conflict. £55.00
50. Malik, Iftikai. The History of Pakistan. pp. 260. With 3 illustrations. Sept. 2008. Deals with foundation of modern Pakistan from its earliest empires and shared history with India to the coming of Islam and its fight for independence in 1947. £25.95
51. Malinar, Angelika. The Bhagavadgita. Doctrines and Contexts. pp. 308. 2007. £50.00
52. Markey, David. Pakistan’s Tribal Areas. pp. 48. Sept. 2008. This report provides a comprehensive US policy-report on the Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA). £5.99
53. Milam, William. Bangladesh and Pakistan. Flirting with Failure in South Asia. pp. 256. Oct. 2008. Comparative history of the State in Pakistan and Bangladesh since the partition of United Pakistan in 1971. H/B £50.00, Paper £16.99
54. Mirza, M. Monirul Qader, Ahmed Ahsan Uddin & Ahmad, Q.K. Inter-Linking Rivers in Indian Issues and Concerns. pp. 287. Oct.2007. Discusses the plan to interlink the rivers and its implications for water supply in other cobasin countries. £59.00
55. Mirza, Nasrullah. Water, War and India-Pakistan Relations. pp. 240. Dec. 2008. Explains the dispute between India and Pakistan over Kashmir and the Indian rivers in particular. £80.00
56. Mitra, Subrata. Politics of Modern South Asia. pp. 1600. Oct. 2008. £595.00
57. Morcom, Anna. Hindi Film Songs and the Cinema. pp. 294. With 30 illustrations and 19 music examples. Nov. 2007. £55.00
58. Nadri, Ghulam. Eighteenth.-Century Gujarat. The Dynamics of its Political Economy (1750-1800.) pp. 300. Nov. 2008. Focuses on the merchants and manufacturers of Gujarat. £64.00
59. Nawaz, Shuja. Crossed Swords: Pakistan, It's Army and the Wars Within. pp. 655. May 2008. £16.99
60. Nelson, Matthew. In the Shadow of Shari‘ah. Islamic Law and Democracy in Pakistan. pp. 288. Dec. 2008. £25.00
61. Neville, Leigh. Special Operations Forces in Afghanistan. With illustrations by Ramiro Bujeiro. July 2008. Identifies, describes and illustrates the special Operation Forces (SOF) of the British, American and other Coalition Forces, providing insight into weapons, equipment and experiences. £11.99
62. Niccol, Fergus. ShahJahan: The Bloody Rise and Fall of a Mughal Emperor. pp. 256. With 40 illustrations. Feb. 2008. Biography of the Fourth Mughal Emperor with the nickname ‘King of the World’, the man behind one of the most iconic monuments in the world: The Taj Mahal. £20.00
63. Noronha, Ligia. & Sudarshan, Anant. India’s Energy Security. pp.256. Dec. 2008. Looks at the political calculus of India’s energy choices, geopolitical security, trade issues & energy problems. £75.00
64. Pal, Pratapaditya. (ed.) The Arts of Kashmir. Text by Frank Ames, Simon Digby, Gerald Larson, John Srumak. pp. 224. With 269 colour illustrations. £30.00
65. Pinney, Christopher. The Coming of Photography in India. pp. 160. With 130 illustrations. June 2008. £45.00
66. Political Parties in South Asia. The Challenge of Change. pp.144. Jan. 2007. Gives a comparative view of political parties in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Pakistan, based on material collected from 49 political parties and includes recommendations for reforms. £10.00
67. Nussbaum, Martha. The Clash Within: Democracy. Religious Violence and India’s Future. Oct.2008. Reveals that the Hindu right poses a threat to India’s democratic traditions and secular state. £12.95
68. Padma, Sree & Barber, A. (eds.) Buddhism in the Krishna River Valley of Andhra. pp. 224, With 2 maps & 3 figures. July 2008. Inquiry into the various forms of Buddhism during the early centuries of what is now Andhra Pradesh in India. £55.00
69. Pasricha, Amit. & Dalrymple, William. The Monumental India Book.
Illustrations. Oct. 2008. Panoramic Photography of India. £95.00
70. Pemberton, Kelly. & Nijhawan, Michael. Shared Idioms, Sacred Symbols and the Articulation of Identities in South Asia. pp. 224. July 2008. Gives examples from India-Pakistan. £55.00
71. Plofker. Kim. Mathematics in India. 500 BCE-1800CE. pp. 378. With 10 illustrations and 40 line drawings. Feb.2009. £23.95
72. Raghu Rai’s India. Reflections in Colour. pp. 168. With 75 colour photos Oct.2008. Raghu Rai describes and shows the life of Indian village people, the rituals and routes of their days, their homes and artistry of their agricultural labor. £35.00
73. Raghuram, Parvati. & others. Tracing an Indian Diaspora: Contexts, Memories, Representations. pp. 480. Oct. 2008. Discusses the migratory movements that have led to the formation of the Indian diaspora and diaspora practices. £45.00
74. Rajadhyaksha, Ashish. Indian Cinema in the Time of Celluloid. From Bollywood to the Emergency. pp. 432. With 210 photos. Aug. 2008. Examines three moments of crisis for the Indian State in which cinema played a central role. H/B £47.00, Paper £15.99
75. Raju, Zakir Hassain. Bangladesh Cinema and National Identity. In Search of the Modern? pp. 240. Aug. 2008. £85.00
76. Raman, A Venkat, Bjorman. Public-Private Partnerships in Health Care in India. pp. 240. Sept. 2008. £75.00
77. Reddy, B. Sudhakara. Economic Reforms in India and China. Emerging Issues and Challenges. pp. 408. Jan. 2009. £39.99
78. Saha, Antu. Ethnic Identity and Religion in the India-Bangladesh Borderland. Preface by Subhadra Channa. pp. 246. 2007. £69.95
79. Samuel, Geoffrey. The Origins of Yoga and Tantra. Indic Religions to the 13th Century. pp. 432. With 6 line diagrams, 19 illustrations. & 10 maps. H/B £55.00, Paper £21.99
80. Sarila, Narendra Singh. Once a Prince of Sarila. Of Palaces and Tiger Hunts of Nehrus and Mountbattens. pp. 304. Feb. 2008. Evokes the life of Sarila as Aide de Camp to Lord Mountbatten and guides us through the transition from Empire to an independent nation. £24.50
81. Sarkar, Sumit & Tanika. Women and Social Reform in Modern India. A Reader. pp. 550. Sept. 2008. H/B £47.00, Paper £16.99
82. Sartori, Andrew. Bengal in Global Concept History. Culturalism in the Age of Capital. pp. 288. Sept. 2008. H/B £28.50, Paper £11.50
83. Scheidegger, Ernst. Chandigarh (Federation of Punjab), 1956. Le Corbusier and the Promotion of Architectural Modernity. Edited by Stanislaus von Moos. pp. 160. With 160 (60 colour) illustrations. Dec. 2008. Shows and describes Government buildings, local people’s buildings and sketches and drawings by Le Corbusier. £35.00
84. Sengupta, Jayshree. A Nation in Transition. Understanding the Indian Economy. pp. 346. April 2008. Addresses important policy challenges, facing India as it becomes increasingly integrated in the global economy. £47.95
85. Shah, Ajay. Thomas, Susan & Gorham, Michael. India’s Financial Markets. An Insider’s Guide to how the Markets Work. pp. 224. Aug.2008. H/B £54.95, Paper £37.99
86. Shehabuddin, Elora. Reshaping the Holy. Democracy, Development and Muslim Women in Bangladesh. pp. 304. With 14 illustrations. Sept. 2008. H/B £44.00, Paper £16.00
87. Simpson, Edward. & Kresse, Kai. (eds.) Struggling with History. Islam and Cosmopolitanism in the Western Indian Ocean. pp. 400. Oct. 2007. H/B £45.00, Paper £19.99
88. Smith, David. The Hindu Erotic. Explaining Hinduism and Sexuality. pp.224. Illustrations. July 2008. Deals with Indian religion, sexuality and South Asian culture. H/B £39.50, Paper £14.99
89. Sophashienphong, Kiatchai. Getting Financial in South Asia, 2009. Indicators and Analysis of the Commercial Banking Sector. pp. 188. 2008. H/B £45.00, Paper £38.00
90. Stark, Ulrike. An Empire of Books. The Naval Kishore Press and the Diffusion of the Printed Word in Colonial India. pp.586. 2008. $28.95
91. Strathern, Alan. Kingship and Conversion in 16th Century Sri Lanka. Portuguese Imperialism in a Buddhist Land. pp. 304. With 15 illustrations and 3 maps. 2007. £55.00
92. Talbot, Ian. Pakistan. A Modern History. pp. 460.Nov. 2008. £11.95
93. Tejani, Shabnun. Indian Secularism. Asocial and Intellectual History, 1890-1950. pp. 320. With 2 maps. Oct.2008. H/B £41.00, Paper £13.99
94. Thapan, Keenakshi. Embodiment, Gender and Identity. Women in Contemporary India. pp. 376. Jan. 2009. Explores women’s lives in an urban setting and focuses on gender & class, based on interviews. £29.99
95. Thorat, Sukhadeo. Dalits in India. Search for a Common Destiny. pp. 344, Oct. 2008. Documents the status of Dalits (or scheduled castes) in contemporary India, charting the change in their status since independence, relating to education, employment, health, etc. £39.99
96. Timalsina, Sithaneshwar. Consciousness in Indian Philosophy. The Advaita Doctrine of 'Awareness Only’. pp. 300. Oct.2008. Analysis of pure consciousness as found in Advaita Vedanta. £75.00
97. Travers, Robert. Ideology and Empire and 18th Century India. The British in Bengal. pp. 292. With maps, 2007. H/B £50.00, Paper £19.99
98. Uitz, Martin. Hidden Bhutan. Entering the Kingdom of the Thunder Dragon. Translated from German by Nathaniel McBride. pp. 208. With map. July 2008. The Author, who died while trekking in the Nepalese Himalayas, describes his travels and experiences in Bhutan. £12.99
99. Upadhyay, Archana. India’s Fragile Borderlands. The Dynamics of Terrorism in North East India. pp. 320. May 2008. Study of the nature, origins and history of terrorism in India’s North East, from an international perspective. £52.50
100. Van Beek, Martijn. (ed.) Modern Ladakh. Anthropological Perspectives on Continuity and Change. pp. 300. July 2008. £82.00
101. Van der Geer, Alexandra. Animals in Stone. Indian Mammals Sculptured Through Time. pp. 770. illus. Oct. 2008. Offers a comparative study of the ways in which various animals have been depicted. £138.00
102. Van Ham, Peter. & Saul, Jamie. Expedition Naga: Diaries from the Hills in Northern India, 1921- 1937, and 2002-2006. 2008. £37.00
103. Weigold, Auriol. Churchill, Roosevelt and India. Propaganda during World War II. pp. 208. July 2008. Account of Churchill’s campaign to persuade the Americans to not grant self government to India at that time. £60.00
104. Wenzlhuemer, Roland. From Coffee to Tea Cultivation in Ceylon, 1880-1900. An Economic and Social History. pp. 338. Jan. 2008. Forthcoming
105. Wijeyeratne, Roshan de Silva. Nation, Constitutionalism and Buddhism in Sri Lanka. pp. 240. July 2008. £85.00
106. Willemsen, Roger. An Afghan Journey. Transl. by Stefan Tobler. pp. 224. With 30 photos. Sept.2008. Describes and shows a journey from Kabul to Kunduz through the Steppe to the river Oxux, the boundary to Tajikstan. £14.99
107. Wolf, Gita & Meena, Madan. Nurturing Walls: Animal Art from Meena Women of Rajasthan. Oct. 2008. Silkscreen prints recreate the living art of Meena women with its characteristic lines and motifs. £12.95
108. Wood, Michael. The Story of India. July 2008. £8.99
109. Wright, Elaine. (ed.) Muraqqa. Imperial Mughal Albums from the Chester Beatty Library. pp. 528. With 242 (100 colour) illustrations. July 2008. £54.50
110. Wujastyk, Dagmat. & Smith, Frederick. Modern and Global Ayurveda, Pluralism and Paradigms. pp. 336. July 2008. Overview of the history of the Ayurveda, one of the traditional medical systems with perspectives on philosophy and anthropology. H/B £48.00, Paper £17.00
111. Wynbrandt. James. A Brief History of Pakistan. pp. 320. Dec. 2008. £30.95
112. Yahiya, Faizal. Economic Cooperation between Singapore and India. An Alliance in the Making. pp. 256. July 2008. £85.00
113. Yahya, Faizal. New ‘Temples’ of India. Singapore and India Collaboration in Information Technology Parks. pp. 200. Oct. 2008. Deals with Singapore’s flagship investment in the IT Park in Bangalore. £66.00
114. Upadhyay, Archana. India’s Fragile Borderlands. The Dynamics of Terrorism in North East India. pp. 320. May 2008. Study of the nature origins and history of terrorism within an international perspective. £52.50
Addenda.
115. Ali-Tana. The Assassination. Who Killed Indira Gandhi? pp. 156. June 2008. Fictional Film script. £12.99
116. Barrett, Ron. Aghor Medicine in Northern India. pp. 240. With 10 photos, 4 illustrations, 4 line drawings and map. 2008. H/B £32.95, Paper £12.95
117. Behal, Rana. & Van der Linden, Marcel. Coolies, Capital and Colonialism. Studies in Indian Labour History. pp. 292. 2007. £17.99
118. Dempsey, Corinne. & Raj, Selva. (eds) Miracle as Modern Conundrum in South Asian Religious Traditions. pp. 224. With 10 photos. Nov. 2008. Looks at perceptions of the miraculous in a variety of contemporary South Asian religious traditions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam and Christianity. £35.00