“y alavi”

Part of the prestigious Debates in Indian History and Society series, this volume presents the key argument of the debates, along with a selection of writings that made pioneering interventions in the study of the 18th century in Indian history.... More

Indo-Muslim medicine—or the Unani tradition—developed in South Asia alongside Mughal political culture. While it healed the body, it also had a profound bearing on the social fabric of the region. Seema Alavi’s book shows the nature and extent of this Islamic healing tradition’s interaction ... More

Alavi examines the factors used by the British when forming the East India Company's Bengal Army in the period 1770-1830. These factors, such as knship groups, diet, and caste as well as financial incentives offered by pension schemes and invalid pay, provided a loyal high-status army for the emergi... More

Problem-based learning places the student at the center of a process which integrates what is learned in a lecture with what the student actually experiences in practice. The authors of this book use their experience of designing and implementing such a course in Australia to offer detailed examples... More

Did the 'infant industries' of the 1960s ever grow up? Is the scepticism surrounding import-substitution (IS) strategies justified? Import-substitution strategy enjoyed its heyday in the 1970s but has been largely discredited and replaced by free-market policies in the 1980s. However, it has been re... More