Issues in Modern Indian History

Sumit Sarkar, the author of classics like The Swadeshi Movemetn in Bengal, 1903-1908 9Delhi-1973) Modern India, 1885-1947 and a teacher who has influened generations of students, needs no introducation. This is a felicitation volume dedicated to him. It includes twelve essays-contributed by some of Prof. Sarker's own students as well as some distinguished historians-that touch upon some of the fascinating areas of Modern Indian History. David Arnold's essay focuses on the adivasis while delineating aspects related to the social history of health. Indrani Chatterjee and Sumit Guha in their article interrogate maleEuro-centric notions related to the idea of slavery and instead see its continuities in the context of women in the Maratha region duing the 18th cnetury. Amar Farooqui explores the Scindia state-one of the centres of the 1857 Rebellion to unveil features 'hidden by colonial histriogrphy.