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| Author | Dietmar Rothermund |
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| Country | United States |
| Subject | Economy of India |
| Publisher | Yale University Press |
Publication date | 2008 |
| Pages | 274 |
| ISBN | 978-0-300-11309-9 |
| LC Class | HC435.3.R68 2008 |
India: The Rise of an Asian Giant is a 2008 book by Dietmar Rothermund which describes the contemporary state of the major influences on the economy of India.
The chapters of this book are named to be descriptive of the contents and are as follows:
The review in The Spectator noted that this book is "a meticulous historian's collection of facts, backed by a lifetime's work." [1]
A reviewer for the British Scholar Society said that the "chapters that make up this book are more extended vignettes than comprehensive surveys, offering a short narrative built around a handful of examples and statistics." [2]
Another reviewer said that while the book purports to be an introductory text, it may in fact be too advanced for a beginner, but still - "..no other 'introduction' to India covers more ground than Rothermund's book." [3]
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