The Geopolitics of South Asia: From Early Empires to the Nuclear Age: From Early Empires to the Nuclear Age

by Chapman (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2017

  $158.73

  This book was published in 2003. This volume tells the story of the Indian sub-continent. It shows how geological movements moulded the land and how they still impact on it; and traces its history, from the early settlers, the Mogul Empire and the British Raj, through the impact of railways, the development of irrigation systems on the economy and the spread of representative democracy. Discussions are woven around the three major forces of integration. These are identitive forces - bonds of language, ethnicity, religion or ideology; utilitarian forces - bonds of common material interest; and coercion - the institutional use or threat of physical violence.