| India: The Rise of an Asian Giant | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Dietmar Rothermund |
| Country | United States |
| Subject(s) | Economy of India |
| Publisher | Yale University Press |
| Publication date | 2008 |
| Pages | 274 |
| ISBN | 978-0-300-11309-9 |
| LC Classification | 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.
Contents |
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 "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]