The Making of India: The Untold Story of British Enterprise

by Kartar Lalvani

Book Overview

This exciting book moves beyond and against the current postcolonial orthodoxy. Instead of arguing that all colonization is wrong and inherently unjust, Dr. Kartar Lalvani argues that Britain made a crucial contribution in providing India with its lasting physical and institutional infrastructure which continues to underpin the world's largest democracy. The indisputable fact is that India as a nation, as it stands today, was originally put together...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472924827
• ISBN13: 9781472924827
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Continuum
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.2" x 9.3"