Advanced Search Request a Book

ORDERS

Readings Orders 0

DEMANDS

Readings Demands 0

Shadows at Noon: the South asian Twentieth Century (Longlisted For Women's Prize For Non-Fiction 2024)
[Paperback - 2023]
joya chatterji
Out of Stock
Availability in 6-8 weeks on receipt of order
List Price: £18.99
Our Price: Rs.4495
Category: History
Sub-category: South Asian History
Publisher: Bodley Head Uk | ISBN: 9781847925503 | Pages: 640
Shipping Weight: | Dimensions:
Notify

Description

The story of South Asia told with verve, wit and brilliance ANURADHA ROY, author of All the Lives We Never Lived Based on decades of scholarship, this is the authoritative history of South Asia in the 20th century Shadows at Noon tells the subcontinent s story from the British Raj through independence and partition to the forging of the modern nations of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Unlike other histories of the region which concentrate exclusively on politics, here food, leisure and the household are given as much importance as nationhood, migration and the state. Thematic rather than chronological, each chapter illuminates an overarching topic that has shaped South Asia. This format enables us to explore issues - like the changing character of the family or the Indian diet - over time and in depth. Chatterji s purpose is to make contemporary South Asia - its cultural vibrancy, diversity, social structures and political make-up - intelligible to everyone. In so doing this bold, innovative and personal work rallies against standard narratives of inherent differences between India, Pakistan and Bangladesh and reveals the many things its people have in common. Truly magnificent MIHIR BOSE, author of The Nine Waves

About the Author

Joya Chatterji is a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, Professor of South Asian History at the University of Cambridge and sometime Reader in International History at the London School of Economics. She is the Editor-in-Chief of Modern Asian Studies, the leading scholarly journal in the field, and since 2014 she has been the Director of the Centre of South Asian Studies at Cambridge.

Bestsellers in History

View All
Islam: A Short History
[Paperback - 2002]
karen armstrong
In Stock
List Price: £9.99
Our Price: Rs.2245
The Campaigns Of Alexander
[Paperback - 1971]
arrian
Out of Stock
Availability in 6-8 weeks on receipt of order
List Price: £12.99
Our Price: Rs.2395
White Mughals: Love & Betrayal In Eighteenth Century India
[Paperback - 2004]
william dalrymple
In Stock
List Price: £12.99
Our Price: Rs.3745
Sapiens: A Brief History Of Humankind
[Paperback - 2015]
yuval noah harari
In Stock
List Price: £12.99
Our Price: Rs.2495
Pakistan's Wars: An Alternative History
[Paperback - 2022]
tariq rahman
In Stock
List Price: Rs.1695
Our Price: Rs.1695
The Histories (Translation)
[Paperback - 2003]
herodotus
Out of Stock
Availability in 6-8 weeks on receipt of order
List Price: $13
Our Price: Rs.2845
21 Lessons For The 21st Century
[Paperback - 2019]
yuval noah harari
In Stock
List Price: £12.99
Our Price: Rs.2495
World Order: Reflections On The Character Of Nations And The Course Of History
[Paperback - 2015]
henry kissinger
Out of Stock
Availability in 6-8 weeks on receipt of order
List Price: £10.99
Our Price: Rs.2595
The Earth Transformed: An Untold History
[Paperback - 2023]
peter frankopan
In Stock
List Price: £16.99
Our Price: Rs.4795
The Earth Transformed: An Untold History
[Hardback - 2023]
peter frankopan
On Demand
Availability in 6-8 weeks on receipt of order
List Price: £30
Our Price: Rs.7445
Inglorious Empire: What The British Did To India
[Paperback - 2017]
shashi tharoor
In Stock
List Price: £10.99
Our Price: Rs.2595
The Loss Of Hindustan: The Invention Of India
[Paperback - 2021]
manan ahmed asif
In Stock
List Price: Rs.1195
Our Price: Rs.1195