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_bGLO
100 _aJames H.K.Norton
245 _aGlobal Studies: India and South Asia
250 _a3rd Edition.
260 _aGuilford, Connecticut :
_bDushkin/McGraw-Hill,
_c©1997.
300 _axii, 212 p.:
_billustrations, maps ;
500 _aIncluding Bibliography, Glossary & Index
505 _a India and South Asia regional map -- Images of South Asia -- India (Republic of India) -- Country reports -- Articles from the World Press -- Regional articles: Elusive harmony: South Asia's half-century of independence -- Competing nationalism: secessionist movements and the State -- India articles: India: between turmoil and hope -- A muddled mandate in India -- India's economic liberalization: the elephant comes of age -- India's democratic ecomonic transformation -- India's diversity -- Caste and class: the rise of Hindu nationalism in India -- Enduring sterotypes about Asia: India's caste system -- Rise of the Dalits' to political power seen as historic -- Ancient jewel -- The reincarnation of Mahatma Gandi -- Arranging a marriage in India -- India's misconceived family plan -- Movement for gender equality shows maturity -- Dire warnings of environmental disaster -- In India, power creeps from capital to regions -- India's low-tech energy success -- The enigma of Kerala -- A celluloid hall of mirrors -- A moment of grace -- Making something out of nothing -- Hands that speak volumes -- South Asia articles: How Afghans' stern rulers took hold -- Bangladesh: can democracy survive? -- Where water is not their own -- Fragile Bangladesh wobbles as political parties squabble -- Bhutan: the dilemmas of a small state -- The mystic eye: art of the Himalayas -- Transcending divisions: the consolidation of Pakistan -- Forced, unpaid labor endures in Pakistan despite laws -- Tigers and lions: the evolution of Sri Lanka's civil war -- How Sri Lanka used wind to make steel -- Learning from the enemy -- The great escape -- The last caravan.
520 _aThe Glolier Global Studies Library contains 8 volumes.
650 _aIndia.
650 _aSouth Asia.
650 _aIndia -- History -- 20th century.
650 _aIndia -- Politics and government -- 1947
650 _aSoutheast Asia -- History -- 20th century.
650 _aAsia -- History -- 20th century.
650 _aSouth Asia -- History -- 20th century.
650 _aPolitics and government Asia.
650 _aSoutheast Asia.
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