South Asia books, September 2007 - A Bibliography

From Philip McEldowney, University of Virginia library

Topics: Religious, Historical, Social & Economic, Political & Law, Literature & Film, Space
The most significant books about India in 60 years (according to Biblio July-August 2007)

Call number: LC: BL2765.I5; Dewey: 297.28. T. N. Srinivasan and South Asian Studies Council (YaleUniversity), The future of secularism. New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2007. Pages Secularism -- India -- CongressesIslam and secularism -- CongressesConference publication (cnp). ISBN: 9780195683783; 0195683781; National Library: 013748901 LCCN: 2006-454874
Contents: Chiefly with reference to India and also on Islam and secularism; papers presented at a seminar organized by the South Asian Studies Council, Yale University during March 26-27, 2004.
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0724/2006454874-d.html
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/85825500

Call number: LC: BP 173.  M. G. Husain, Muslim identity and Islam : misinterpreted in the contemporary world. Kuala Lumpur : International Islamic University, Malaysia in association with Manak Publications, New Delhi, 2007. ISBN: 8178271656; 9788178271651 LCCN: 2007-391158
http://www.wordcat.org/oclc/124184383

Call number: LC: D1056.2.M87. Yunas Samad and Kasturi Sen, Islam in the European Union: transnationalism, youth and the war on terror. Karachi : Oxford University Press, 2007. Pages Islam -- European Union countriesIslam and politics -- European Union countriesMuslims -- EuropeWar on Terrorism, 2001-European Union countries -- Ethnic relations. ISBN: 0195472519; 9780195472516 LCCN: 2007-379045
Contents: Muslims in Europe : demography and organizations / Konrad Pêdziwiatr -- Orientalism and otherness / Bryan Turner -- Making of Islamic radicalism : Iran and Turkey / Masoud Kamali -- Afghanistan : making of transnational Jihad / Ian Talbot -- The hybrid and globalized Islam of Western Europe / Jocelyne Cesari -- Transnationalism and identities / Godfried Engbersen -- Violence, gender and identity : re-imagining 'The Asian Gang' / Claire Alexander -- Ethnicization of religion / Yunas Samad -- Young South Asian Muslims and identity / Aminah Mohammad-Arif -- Comparative perspectives on discrimination law / Tufyal Choudhury -- Terrorizing communities : the so-called 8617312'war on terror' in the UK / Les Levidow -- The politics of identity / Imran Khan -- Conclusion : policy implications : youth, gender and trans-Islam / Kasturi Sen.
http://www.wordcat.org/oclc/86173123

Call number: LC: DS331.5; Dewey: 909.09824. Himanshu Prabha Ray; Edward A. Alpers, Cross currents and community networks : the history of the Indian Ocean world. New Delhi ;; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. Pages Indian Ocean Region -- History -- CongressesConference publication (cnp)Internet resource (url). ISBN: 9780195677058; 0195677056; National Library: 013733167; LCCN: 2007-394114
Contents: Contributed articles presented in a seminar organized by Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi, India, in December 2003.
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0708/2007394114.html; Table of contents only
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122929071

Call number: LC: DS422.C64. Ian Talbot; Coventry University. Centre for South Asian Studies; Balliol College (University of Oxford), The deadly embrace : religion, politics, and violence in India and Pakistan, 1947-2002. Karachi : Oxford University Press, 2007. Pages Communalism -- India -- History -- 20th century -- CongressesCommunalism -- Pakistan -- History -- 20th century -- CongressesCommunalism -- Political aspects -- India -- History -- 20th century -- CongressesCommunalism -- Political aspects -- Pakistan -- History -- 20th century -- CongressesReligion and politics -- India -- History -- 20th century -- CongressesCommunalism -- Political aspects -- Pakistan -- History -- 20th century -- CongressesReligion and politics -- India -- History -- 20th century -- CongressesReligion and politics -- Pakistan -- History -- 20th century -- CongressesConference publication (cnp). ISBN: 9780195473643; 0195473647 LCCN: 2007-379049
http://www.wordcat.org/oclc/86118315

Call number: LC: DS480.842. Ravinder Kaur, Since 1947 : partition narratives among Punjabi migrants of Delhi. New Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. Pages India -- History -- Partition, 1947 -- Personal narratives. ISBN: 9780195683776; 0195683773 LCCN: 2007-394119
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0724/2007394119-d.html
http://www.wordcat.org/oclc/85834966

Call number: LC: DS480.842. Anita Inder Singh, The partition of India. New Delhi : National Book Trust, 2006. Pages India -- History -- Partition, 1947India -- Politics and government -- 1919-1947. ISBN: 8123746970; 9788123746975 LCCN: 2006-542771
http://www.wordcat.org/oclc/74972655

Call number: LC: DS481.N35. Jawaharlal Nehru; Mushirul Hasan, Nehru's India : select speeches. New Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. Pages Nehru, Jawaharlal, 1889-1964India -- Politics and government -- 1947-. ISBN: 9780195687873; 0195687876 LCCN: 2007-394110
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/83976351

Call number: LC: DS481.S8. Aga Khan III, World enough and time : the memoirs of Sir Sultan Mohammed Shah Aga Khan III. Uniform Title: Memoirs of Aga Khan. Karachi : Pakistan Herald Publications, 2005. Pages Aga Khans -- BiographyAga Khan III, 1877-1957Biography (bio). ISBN: 9698837116 (v. 1); 9789698837112 (v. 1); 9698837191 (v. 2); 9789698837198 (v. 2) LCCN: 2007-378466
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/123540044

Call number: LC: DS485.B44. Subrata Dasgupta, The Bengal renaissance : identity and creativity from Rammohun Roy to Rabindranath Tagore. Delhi; New Delhi : Permanent Black; Distributed by Orient Longman, 2007. Pages Social evolutionBengal (India) -- Intellectual life -- 18th centuryBengal (India) -- Intellectual life -- 19th centuryInternet resource (url). ISBN: 8178241773; 9788178241777; LCCN: 2006-453490
Contents: Study on the social and cultural transformation as happened in 18th and 19th century Bengal, India.
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0708/2006453490.html
http://www.wordcat.org/oclc/76872068

Call number: LC: DS485.L78. Ravi Bhatta, The life and times of the nawabs of Lucknow. New Delhi : Rupa & Co, 2006. Pages Lucknow (India : District) -- History -- 18th centuryLucknow (India : District) -- History -- 19th centuryLucknow (India : District) -- Kings and rulersBiography (bio). LCCN: 2006-453301
Contents: Political, social, cultural history of Lucknow District, India; covers the period, 1722-1856; includes accounts of the life of various rulers of the place.
http://www.wordcat.org/oclc/77272314

Call number: LC: DS485.P88. Gurdev Grewal, The searching eye : an insider looks at the Punjab crisis. New Delhi : Rupa & Co, 2006. Pages Sikhs -- Politics and government -- 20th centuryPunjab (India) -- Politics and government -- 20th century. ISBN: 8129109069; 9788129109064 LCCN: 2007-343459
http://www.wordcat.org/oclc/86173050

Call number: LC: GT3276; Dewey: 393.9. Andrea Major, Sati : a historical anthology. New Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. Pages Sati -- History -- SourcesWidow suicide -- Sources. ISBN: 0195678958 (hbk.); 9780195678956 (hbk.); National Library: 013552030 LCCN: 2007-394118
Contents: Contributed articles; with reference to India.
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0726/2007394118-d.html
http://www.wordcat.org/oclc/71346765

Call number: LC: HC435.3. Kaushik Basu, The Oxford companion to economics in India. New Delhi ; New York : Oxford Univ. Press, 2007. Pages India -- Economic policy -- 1991- -- Handbooks, manuals, etcIndia -- Economic conditions -- 1945- -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. ISBN: 9780195669848; 0195669843 LCCN: 2007-394107
Contents: Contributed articles.
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0723/2007394107-b.html; Contributor biographical information
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/123120149

Call number: LC: HC435.3. B. B. Bhattacharya; Sabyasachi Kar, Macroeconomic reforms, growth, and stability. New Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. Pages MacroeconomicsMacro-economieEconomische modellenEconomische groeiIndia -- Economic policy -- 1991-India -- Economic conditions -- 1947-India. ISBN: 9780195684193; 0195684192 LCCN: 2006-454877
Contents: Analysis of the Indian economy, with special focus on the post-1990 period.
http://www.wordcat.org/oclc/86109370

Call number: LC: HC440.D5; Dewey: 338.954. Sanjoy Chakravorty; Somik V. Lall, Made in India : the economic geography and political economy of industrialization. New Delhi New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. Pages Industrial location -- IndiaIndustrialization -- India. ISBN: 9780195686722; 0195686721; National Library: 013688850 LCCN: 2006-454878
http://www.wordcat.org/oclc/85828833

Call number: LC: HD1333.I4; HC435. Peter Robb, Peasants, political economy, and law. New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2007. Pages Land reform -- India -- HistoryLand reform -- Law and legislation -- IndiaPeasantry -- India -- Political activity -- History. ISBN: 9780195681604; 0195681606 LCCN: 2007-394529
Contents: Pt. I. Agrarian policy and political change. Agrarian policy and law ; Political organization ; Community and interests -- Pt. II. Law, economic change, interest groups, and rights. Agrarian structure and economic development ; Law and agrarian society in India : the case of Bihar and the nineteenth century tenacy debate ; Peasants' choices? Indian agriculture and the limits of commercialization in nineteenth century Bihar ; Hierarchy and resources : peasant stratification in late nineteenth century Bihar ; Labour in India, 1860-1920 : typologies, change, and regulation.
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0724/2007394529-d.html
http://www.wordcat.org/oclc/150278946

Call number: LC: HD4699; Dewey: 363.6068. Vikram K. Chand, Reinventing public service delivery in India : selected case studies. Washington, DC; Thousand Oaks : World Bank ;; New Delhi; Sage Publications, 2006. Pages Municipal services -- India -- Case studiesCounty services -- India -- Case studiesGovernment publication (gpb)International government publication (igp)Internet resource (url). ISBN: 0761934898 (hardback); 9780761934899 (hardback); LCCN: 2006-11249
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0611/2006011249.html
http://www.wordcat.org/oclc/67239828

Call number: LC: HD60.5.I4. Meera Mitra, It's only business! : India's corporate social responsiveness in a globalized world. New Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007. Pages Social responsibility of business -- IndiaCorporations -- IndiaGlobalization -- Social aspects -- IndiaSociale verantwoordelijkheidBedrijfslevenInternationalisatieIndia. ISBN: 9780195684339; 0195684338 LCCN: 2006-454875
http://www.wordcat.org/oclc/84151928

Call number: LC: HM477.I4; Dewey: 301. T. K. Oommen, Knowledge and society : situating sociology and social anthropology. New Delhi ; New York : Oxford Univ. Press, 2007. Pages Sociology -- IndiaSociology -- MethodologyEthnology -- India. ISBN: 9780195687750; 0195687752; National Library: 013688853 LCCN: 2007-394108
Contents: Articles chiefly with reference to India.
http://www.wordcat.org/oclc/122428478

Call number: LC: HQ670. Prem Chowdhry, Contentious marriages, eloping couples : gender, caste, and patriarchy in northern India. New Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. Pages Marriage -- IndiaElopement -- India. ISBN: LCCN: 2006-454869
http://www.wordcat.org/oclc/86089794

Call number: LC: HQ767.5.I5; Dewey: 304.6/670954. Tulsi Patel, Sex-selective abortion in India : gender, society and new reproductive technologies. New Delhi ;; Thousand Oaks, Calif : Sage Publications, 2007. Pages Abortion -- IndiaSexism -- IndiaSex distribution (Demography) -- IndiaInternet resource (url). ISBN: 9780761935391 (pbk.); 0761935398 (pbk.); LCCN: 2006-31234
Contents: Deficit of girls in India : can it be attributed to female selective abortion? /; Leela Visaria --; Female foeticide : a civilisational collapse /; Ashish Bose --; Rethinking female foeticide : perspective and issues /; Rainuka Dagar --; The mindset behind eliminating the female foetus /; Tulsi Patel --; Between a rock and a hard place : the social context of the missing girl child /; Alpana D. Sagar --; Health policy, plan and implementation : the role of health workers in altering the sex ratio /; Reema Bhatia --; Adoption : born to live /; Rashmi Kapoor --; Remale infanticide, property and the colonial state /; L.S. Vishwanath --; The political economy of missing girls in India /; Vibbuti Patel.
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip071/2006031234.html
http://www.wordcat.org/oclc/71812685

Call number: LC: JQ281. K. S. Bajpai; Alfred C. Stepan, Democracy and diversity : India and the American experience. New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2007. Pages Democracy -- IndiaDemocracy -- United StatesInternet resource (url). ISBN: 9780195683684; 0195683684; National Library: 013676675; LCCN: 2007-394112
Contents: Contributed articles.
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0708/2007394112.html; Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0724/2007394112-d.html
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84151922

Call number: LC: JQ281 Dewey: 321.80954. Rajni Kothari, Rethinking democracy. New Delhi : Orient Longman, 2005. Pages Democracy -- IndiaIndia -- Politics and government. ISBN: 8125028943 (pbk.); 9788125028949 (pbk.); National Library: 013336892 LCCN: 2006-542487
Contents: In Indian context; articles.
http://www.wordcat.org/oclc/63701470

Call number: LC: JQ292; Dewey: 324.954/0531. Ramashray Roy; Paul Wallace, India's 2004 elections : grass-roots and national perspectives. New Delhi ;; Thousand Oaks, Calif : Sage Publications, 2007. Pages Elections -- IndiaIndia. Parliament. Lok Sabha -- Elections, 2004Internet resource (url). ISBN: 9780761935162 (hdbk.); 0761935169 (hdbk.); LCCN: 2006-33222
Contents: The text and context of the 2004 Lok Sabha elections in India / Ramashray Roy -- Chaste like Sita, fierce Like Durga : Indian women in politics / Sikata Banerjee -- Contextualising religious, caste and regional dynamics in electoral politics : emerging paradoxes / Pramod Kumar -- Of Hindus and their nationalisms : religion, representation, and democracy / Jyotirindra Dasgupta -- 'Jumbo cabinets', factionalism, and the impact of federalism : comparing coalition governments in Kerala, Punjab, and Uttar Pradesh / Virginia Van Dyke -- Gujarat after Godhra / Ghanshyam Shah -- Political articulation and policy discourse in the 2004 elections in Andhra Pradesh / Karli Srinivasulu -- The new alliance made the difference in Bihar / Sanjay Kumar -- Politics of separatism in Assam / Sandhya Goswami and Monoj Kumar Nath -- Ethno-regional identity and political mobilization in Meghalaya : democratic discourse in a tribal state / Rajesh Dev -- Validating the status quo and local narratives in Orissa / Mohammed http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip072/2006033222.html
http://www.wordcat.org/oclc/72354190

Call number: LC: JQ298.B55; Dewey: 320.550954. John McGuire; Ian Copland, Hindu nationalism and governance. New Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. Pages Hinduism and politics -- IndiaNationalism -- IndiaBharatiya Janata PartyIndia -- Politics and government -- 20th century. ISBN: 9780195679229; 0195679229; National Library: 013590732 LCCN: 2006-454873
Contents: Introduction: The BJP and governance in India : an overview / John McGuire -- Assessing the 'national' expansion of Hindu nationalism : the BJP in southern and eastern India, 1996-2001 / Michael Gillian -- The BJP and the Shiv Sena : a rocky marriage? / Marika Vicziany -- Routines and routinization : moving towards municipal elections in Mumbai, 2001-2 / Jim Masselos -- From Swadeshi to globalization : the Bharatiya Janata Party's shifting economic agenda / Salim Lakha -- The Hindu rate of reform : privatization under the BJP : still waiting for that Bada Kadam / Peter Mayer -- Swayed by the 'humbug of finance' : economic policy under the BJP-led government / Prabhat Patnaik -- Food security, governance, and rural development under the BJP / Douglas Hill -- The work of the Indo-American historians and the rewriting of Indian history / Greg Bailey -- The BJP's intellectual agenda : textbooks and imagined history / Mushirul Hasan -- Crucibles of Hindutva? V.D. Savarkar, the Hindu Mahasabha, and the http://www.wordcat.org/oclc/85830570

Call number: LC: KNS122; NLC: KF349.I54. Ashutosh Dayal Mathur, Medieval Hindu law : historical evolution and enlightened rebellion. New Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. Pages Law -- India -- HistoryHindu law -- History. ISBN: 9780195685589; 019568558X; National Library: 013707969 LCCN: 2006-454879
http://www.wordcat.org/oclc/85830571

Call number: LC: KNS1750; LAW+. Sarbani Sen, The Constitution of India : popular sovereignty and democratic transformations. New Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. Pages Constitutional law -- IndiaConstitutional history -- India. ISBN: 9780195686494; 0195686497 LCCN: 2007-394117
 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86106723

Call number: LC: KNS2095; LAW+; NLC: KF4496.I5. C. Raj Kumar, K. Chockalingam, V.R. Krishna Iyer, Human rights, justice, and constitutional empowerment. New Delhi ;; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. Pages Civil rights -- IndiaInternet resource (url). ISBN: 9780195686913; 0195686918; LCCN: 2007-394111
Contents: Contributed articles with primary focus on India; commemorative volume for Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer, b. 1915.
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0708/2007394111.html; Table of contents only
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86110787

Call number: LC: PK1569.B2986. Gunabhirama Baruwa; Tilottoma Misra, Ramnabami-Natak : the story of Ram and Nabami. New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2007. Pages Assamese drama -- Translations into English. ISBN: 0195685946; 9780195685947 LCCN: 2007-394120
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0723/2007394120-d.html; Publisher description
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122269722

Call number: LC: PK1716. Asapurna Debi; Saumitra Chakravarty, Three sides of life : short stories by Bengali women writers. New Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. Pages Short stories, Bengali -- Translations into EnglishBengali fiction -- 20th century -- Translations into EnglishShort stories, Bengali -- Women authorsFiction (fic). ISBN: 9780195685855; 0195685857 LCCN: 2007-394116
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0726/2007394116-b.html; Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0726/2007394116-d.html
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122529936

Call number: LC: PK2659.3.A487. Uma Trilok, Amrita-Imroz, a love story. New Delhi ; New York, New York : Penguin Books, 2006. Pages Authors, Panjabi -- 20th century -- BiographyAuthors, Hindi -- 20th century -- BiographyAmrita Pritam, 1919-2005 -- Friends and associatesImaroza -- Friends and associatesBiography (bio). ISBN: 97801431004400143099930; 9780143099932 LCCN: 2006-453707
http://www.wordcat.org/oclc/81930876

Call number: LC: PN6071.F6. John Thieme; Ira Raja, The table is laid : the Oxford anthology of South Asian food writing. New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2007. Pages Food writing -- South Asia -- Literary collections. ISBN: 9780195674446; 0195674448 LCCN: 2007-394109
http://www.wordcat.org/oclc/86110786

Call number: LC: PR9440.9.S57A6 2005 (P-PZ40)+. Regi Siriwardena; A. J. Canagaratna; International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Selected writings of Regi Siriwardena. Colombo : International Centre for Ethnic Studies, 2005-2006. ISBN: 9555800979 (v. 1); 9789555800976 (v. 1); 9555801036 (v. 2) LCCN: 2006-561829
Contents: v. 1. Literature and the arts -- v. 2. Politics and society.; Selected articles and essays by Regi Siriwardena, Sri Lankan author and critic on literature, motion picture, theatre, politics, and society; includes book reviews, film reviews, and some of his creative writings; most of the essays published earlier in Sri Lankan newspapers and magazines.
http://www.wordcat.org/oclc/86172787

Call number: LC: PR9499.4.J67; Dewey: 954.0359. Shashi Joshi, The last durbar : a dramatic presentation of the division of British India. Karachi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006. Pages Pakistan movement -- DramaIndia -- Politics and government -- 1919-1947 -- DramaIndia -- History -- Partition, 1947 -- DramaBiography (bio). ISBN: 9780195472172 (pbk.); 0195472179 (pbk.); National Library: 013715288 LCCN: 2006-332975
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86108846

Call number: LC: PS   . S. Sreetilak, Fiction in films, films in fiction : the making of new English India. New Delhi : Viva Books, 2007. ISBN: 8130904012; 9788130904016 LCCN: 2006-448323
Contents: Study of English usages in Indic English films in apposition to Indic English fiction.
http://www.wordcat.org/oclc/83605794

Call number: LC: TL789.8.I5; Dewey: 338.4762940954. U. Sankar, The economics of India's space programme : an exploratory analysis. New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2007. Pages Astronautics -- India -- Cost effectivenessRuimtevaartEconomische aspectenIndia. ISBN: 9780195683455; 0195683455; National Library: 013589604 LCCN: 2006-454872
http://www.wordcat.org/oclc/74966425

The most significant books about India in 60 years (according to Biblio July-August 2007):

Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie. Jonathan Cape, London, 1981. Selector: Dipesh Chakrabarty
Reduced to Ashes: The Insurgency and Human Rights in Punjab by Ram Narayan Kumar et. al. South Asia Forum for Human Rights, 2003. Selector: Harsh Sethi.
All About H. Hatterr by G. V. Desani. Francis Aldor, London, 1948. Selector: Ritu Menon
Everyday Lives, Everyday Histories: Beyond the Kings and Brahmanas of Ancient India by Uma Chakravarti. Tulika Books, New Delhi, 2006. Selector: V. Geetha
The Continent of Circe By Nirad C. Chaudhuri. Jaico Publishers, 1965. Selector: Ashok Mitra.
State of India's Environment - Citizens' Reports. Centre for Science & Enviroment (CSE), New Delhi, 1982 and 1984-5. Selector: Darryl D'Monte.
A Textbook of Heat by Meghnad Saha. Indian Press, Allahabad adnd Calcutta, 1931. Selector: Sobhit Mahajan.
Patrons, Players and the Crowd by Richard Cashman. Oriental Longman, Calcutta, 1979. Selector: Boria Majumdar

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[Philip McEldowney, Alderman Library, 12 September 2007.
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