The Role of the State in South Asia and Other Essays

Contents: Preface. 1. The role of the state in South Asia. 2. The state and the market in India, 1757-1995. 3. Town and country in India. 4. Individual and group rights in Western Europe and India. 5. India in world affairs. 6. The fall-out of a new political regime in India. 7. Nationalism and the reconstruction of traditions in Asia. 8. Nation and region in Indian historiography. Index.