The Indian renaissance : India's rise after a thousand years of decline /
India's recent economic performance has attracted world attention but the country is re-awakening not just as an economy but as a civilization. After a thousand years of the decline, it now has a genuine opportunity to re-establish itself as a major global power. In "The Indian Renaissance...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Singapore :
World Scientific,
2008
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Summary: | India's recent economic performance has attracted world attention but the country is re-awakening not just as an economy but as a civilization. After a thousand years of the decline, it now has a genuine opportunity to re-establish itself as a major global power. In "The Indian Renaissance", the author, Sanjeev Sanyal, looks at the processes that led to ten centuries of fossilization and then at the powerful economic and social forces that are now working together to transform India beyond recognition. These range from demographic shifts to rising literacy levels, but the most important revolut |
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Item Description: | Includes index. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 254 pages) |
ISBN: | 9789812818782 9812818782 9780203981771 0203981774 |
Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |