Description: This book explores how world historical processes, from changes in environment to the movement of peoples and ideas, have shaped and continue to shape the history of South Asia and its place in the wider world. As the region has continually proved able to draw inspiration from its traditional patterns of life to innovate in the face of rapid change has been severely tested over the centuries by forces as varied as colonialism to religious fundamentalism, so too has it influenced the wider world.
Review Quotes: "[T]his is a useful work to introduce students to South Asian history."--CHOICE
"South Asia in World History is a masterful survey of the entire span of South Asian history...[E]rudite, comprehensive, and compelling...Gilbert brilliantly offers a lucid analysis that the neophyte to the subject will find illuminating and rewarding. It judiciously blends analysis and fact in an accessible, yet authoritative manner and incorporates all the corners of the sub-continent into the story...[A]n excellent introduction to both South Asia's complex and rich history and its place in the world."--Roger D. Long, professor of history at Eastern Michigan University and author of A History of Pakistan