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
