illustrations
preface
glossary
1 sultans, mughals, and pre-colonial indian society
2 mughal twilight: the emergence of regional states
and the east india company
3 the east india company raj, 1772-1850
4 revolt, the modern state, and colonized subjects,
1848-1885
5 civil society, colonial constraints, 1885-1919
6 the crisis of the colonial order: reform, disillusionment,
division, 1919-1939
7 the i94os: triumph and tragedy
8 congress raj: democracy and development, 1950-1989
9 democratic india in the nineties: coalitions, class,
community, consumers, and conflict
biographical notes
bibliographic essay
index