Oup India: 245 books
Robert Knight
Reforming Editor in Victorian India
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2008
Robert Knight, the principal founder and the first editor of Times of India, Mumbai and Statesman, Kolkata has hardly ever been mentioned in accounts of British India and omitted from biographical dictionaries. Using remote letters, crumbling newspapers, and obscure official archives, this book presents...
The Geopolitical Orbits of Ancient India
The Geographical Frames of the Ancient Indian Dynasties
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2010
How did different parts of the Indian subcontinent interact throughout its ancient history? This book presents a new approach for understanding the political history of ancient India. It underlines how politics was enacted in various geographical orbits that kept interacting throughout the period...
The Indian Media Economy (2-volume set)
Vol. I: Industrial Dynamics and Cultural Adaptation Vol. II: Market Dynamics and Social Transactions
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2017
The twenty-first century has witnessed the rise of India as a major media producer and consumer market increasingly engaged with the global economy. Aided by rising incomes, technological remediation, regulatory strategies, and a shifting political terrain, the business of media has been given official...
by Halidé Edib, Mushirul Hasan
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2008
First published in 1937, this book presents the author's personal account of India. The author, a Turkish writer and novelist, visited the region in 1935 and gained insights into the history and sociology of the country. Based on her experiences, Halidé Edib documents significant contemporary events...
Archiving the British Raj
History of the Archival Policy of the Government of India, with Selected Documents, 1858–1947
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2018
The archives are generally sites where historians conduct research into our past. Seldom are they objects of research. Sabyasachi Bhattacharya traces the path that led to the creation of a central archive in India, from the setting up of the Imperial Record Department, the precursor of the National...
Uniform Civil Code for India
Proposed Blueprint for Scholarly Discourse
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2015
Article 44 of The Constitution of India, provides that 'The State shall endeavour to secure for the citizens a Uniform Civil Code throughout the territory of India.' Even after more than six decades, this anticipated code has not been developed or implemented. This book provides a blueprint for alternative...
Economic Growth in India
History and Prospect
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2010
This study of economic growth in India is both an interpretation of its trajectory since 1950 and an evaluation of its prospects in the near future. It is marked by theoretical integrity, historical perspective, thick description, discriminating use of econometrics, and definitive conclusions. Commencing...
India and China at Sea
Competition for Naval Dominance in the Indian Ocean
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2018
China and India are emerging as major maritime powers as part of long-term shifts in the regional balance of power. As their wealth, interests, and power grow, the two countries are increasingly bumping up against each other across the Indo-Pacific. China’s growing naval presence in the Indian Ocean...
by Praveen Jha
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2016
Generation of decent livelihood opportunities ought to be among the most important objectives on any meaningful agenda of economic development. On this front, however, the Indian experience has remained seriously inadequate. During the first four decades after Independence, India’s achievements...
Metro Rail Projects in India
A Study in Project Planning
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2011
Taking stock of the urban transport scenario in Indian cities, this is the first full-length study of the metro rail system in India. In recent times the metro rail has come up as a favoured alternative of mass transport in urban spaces faced with growing population, heightened vehicular traffic,...
by R.S. Sharma
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2006
This book presents a complete and accessible description of the history of early India. It starts by discussing the origins and growth of civilizations, empires, and religions. It also deals with the geographical, ecological, and linguistic backgrounds, and looks at specific cultures of the Neolithic,...
The Trishanku Nation
Memory, Self, and Society in Contemporary India
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2015
Taking a cue from the story of Trishanku—the mythological king who aspired to reach heaven while still alive—Deepak Kumar builds a compelling narrative on the state of contemporary India. Much like Trishanku, who only succeeded in being stuck in limbo between heaven and earth, India appears to...
Public Administration in India
The Higher Civil Service
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2006
This book is about public administration in India, which is often synonymous with the role and performance of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS). The author stresses the indispensability of the civil service in a democratic polity like India and the decisive role it plays in assisting with the...
Water Law in India
An Introduction to Legal Instruments
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2018
First published in 2011, Water Law in India is the only book to offer a comprehensive survey of the legal instruments concerning water in India. It presents a variety of national and state-level instruments that make up the complex and diverse field of water law and policy. This book fills a critical...