List of maps | p. 00 |
Introduction | p. 1 |
At the turn of the sixteenth century | p. 9 |
A changing world | p. 11 |
The Indian states: the sultanates | p. 23 |
The Indian states: the kingdoms | p. 41 |
The newcomers | p. 61 |
The Mogul Empire (1556-1739) | p. 79 |
Akbar and the construction of the empire (1556-1605) | p. 81 |
Mogul splendour: The successors of Akbar (1605-1707) | p. 96 |
The empire in its prosperity | p. 111 |
Maritime economy and the trading companies | p. 132 |
Society and culture | p. 150 |
The disintegration of the Mogul Empire (1707-39) | p. 172 |
India between two empires (1739-1818) | p. 185 |
The successor states (1739-61) | p. 187 |
French India and Franco-British rivalry (until 1761) | p. 208 |
The British conquest of Bengal (1757-84) | p. 231 |
The birth of the British Empire in India (1765-1818) | p. 247 |
India in transition (from the end of the eighteenth century to the middle of the nineteenth century) | p. 269 |
The beginnings of the Raj (1818-58) | p. 271 |
The agrarian economy and rural society (1790-1860) | p. 294 |
Merchants and cities (1760-1860) | p. 316 |
Cultural and religious transformations (1780-1857) | p. 330 |
From the British Indian Empire to Independence (1858-1950) | p. 345 |
The Colonial state and Indian society (1858-1914) | p. 347 |
The decline of the empire and the rise of nationalism (1914-42) | p. 366 |
Princely India (1858-1950) | p. 386 |
The world of the countryside (1860-1950) | p. 410 |
Trade, industries, cities (1860-1950) | p. 432 |
Socio-religious reforms and nationalism (1870-1948) | p. 450 |
The end of the British Empire in India | p. 468 |
On the margins of the Empire | p. 493 |
French India (nineteenth-twentieth century) | p. 495 |
Sri Lanka: specificities and similarities | p. 520 |
Conclusion | p. 539 |
Chronology | p. 554 |
Glossary | p. 564 |
Index | p. 574 |
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