1 Introduction: Region and Civilization 1 --
Customs: the problem of caste --
Islam and Indian plurality --
Environment, technology and socio-economic change --
Culture and its transmission --
Production (slaves, rice and bankers) --
Empires, religions and regions --
Empires: the Delhi sultans --
Lords, officials and localities --
Production and society --
4 Early Modern India I: Mughals and Marathas 84 --
Early modern society and economy --
Eighteenth-century politics --
Rival economies on the eve of conquest --
Administration, 1580-1765: some comparisons --
5 Early Modern India II: Company Raj 121 --
The East India Company in Madras and Calcutta --
The Company's rise to power --
Revenue settlements under the Company --
Transitions, 1770s to 1860s: trade --
Features of Company rule --
Some early modern Indian responses --
6 Modern India I: Government 154 --
Councils and departments --
Benevolence and intervention --
Policy goals: Britain and India --
Political policies inder colonialism --
7 Modern India II: Politics 184 --
The Indian National Congress --
Partition, nationalism and nation --
The aftermath of colonialism --
Roads to independence and modern politics --
8 Modern India III: Society 230 --
New environments: Calcutta --
Hindu and Sikh religious movements --
The British raj and after --
9 Modern India IV: Economy 259 --
Decline and European dominance --
Values, de-industrialization, dualism, economic decline --
10 Modern India and the World 311 --
Politics and nation: a new era? --
Security and India's place in the world --
Economic transformation --
Inequity by region, gender and class --
