In a second edition of their successful Concise History of Modern India, Barbara Metcalf and Thomas Metcalf explore India's modern history afresh and update the events of the last decade. These include the takeover of Congress from the seemingly entrenched Hindu nationalist party in 2004, India's huge advances in technology and the country's new role as a major player in world affairs. From the days of the Mughals, through the British Empire, and into Independence, the country has been transformed by its institutional structures. It is these institutions which have helped bring about the social, cultural and economic changes that have taken place over the last half century and paved the way for the modern success story. Despite these advances, poverty, social inequality and religious division still fester. In response to these dilemmas, the book grapples with questions of caste and religious identity, and the nature of the Indian nation.

芭芭拉．麥卡夫

加州大學戴維斯分校歷史系教授,研究專長為東亞史以及印度與巴基斯坦的伊斯蘭文化。著有《南亞地區的伊斯蘭信仰》（Islam in South Asia in Practice）,《打造北美與歐洲地區的穆斯林空間》（Making Muslim Space in North America and Europe）。

湯馬斯．麥卡夫

加州大學柏克萊分校歷史系教授,研究專長為印度殖民史與英國帝國主義。著有《英屬印度的意識形態》（Ideologies of the Raj）、《帝國連結：印度洋競技場中的印度》（Imperial Connections: India in the Indian Ocean Arena, 1860-1920）。

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陳琦郁

台大社會學系畢,翻譯作品包括《寫給地球人的能源史》、《其實我沒有砍倒櫻桃樹：華盛頓傳》等書。