In spite of the gods : the strange rise of modern India
Luce, Edward, 1968-2011
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SOCIOLOGY, SOCIAL STUDIES. India is poised to become one of the world's three largest economies in the next generation and to overtake China as the world's most populous country by 2032. Well before then India's incipient nuclear deterrent will have acquired intercontinental range and air, sea and land capabilities. India's volatile relationship with its nuclear-armed neighbour, Pakistan, may prove to be the source of the world's next major conflict. And if you call anyone- from your bank to rail enquiries- your query may well be dealt with by a graduate in Gujarat. Any way one looks at it, India's fate matters. Edward Luce, one of the most incisive and talented journalists of his generation, assesses the forces that are forging the new nation. Cutting through the miasma that still clouds thinking about India, this extraordinarily accomplished book takes the measure of a society that is struggling to come to grips with modernity.
Main title:
In spite of the gods : the strange rise of modern India / Edward Luce.
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Edition:
Pbk. ed.
Imprint:
London : Abacus, 2011, c2006.
Collation:
x, 430 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), maps, ports. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
First published: London : Little, Brown, 2006.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780349123462
Dewey class:
330.954053954
Language:
English
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BRN:
355424