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Macmillian India Colonialism in India by Ram Chandra Pradhan
Colonialism in India primarily delineates the process of theBritish occupation of India and its long-term impact on the variousaspects of our national life. For a better understanding of theissues involved, it starts with introductory essays on some of thetheoretical concepts like capitalism, colonialism, neo-imperialism,post-colonialism and nationalism. It is based on the author'slife-long engagement both in terms of research and teaching. Itmarks a departure from the usual history books as its approach isinter-disciplinary. To that end, it adopts a thematic rather than achronological order. It is basically designed as a textbook for bothundergraduate and postgraduate students including those ofPolitical Science and History. It is based on new and updatedsources and marked by lucidity and felicity of linguistic style.Besides, it is free from ideology-based debunking and woolysentimentalism. The book would prove useful to students ofPolitical Science and History, civil service examinees and even forthe general readers. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Ram Chandra Pradhan , a well-known social activistand a Gandhian scholar, taught at Ramjas College, University ofDelhi for several decades. As one of the conveners of the Lokayanproject and as an activist thinker of the Movement for Peace andAlternative Development, he travelled all over the world andinteracted with activists and scholars across the continents. Dr.Pradhan has been a recipient of the Senior Fulbright Fellowship(1979-80) and the Indo-Canadian Shastri Fellowship (1993). He isthe author of several books including Raj to Swaraj, Raj se Swaraj(Hindi) and Reading and Reappraising Gandhi, all published byMacmillan India. He is engaged in writing a multi-volume study ofthe Indian Socialist Movement. Presently, he is an HonoraryVisiting Fellow at the Institute of Gandhian Studies, Wardha,Maharashtra.