The Cambridge Shorter History of India
The Cambridge Shorter History of India is a 1934 book on Indian history edited by H. H. Dodwell and published by the Cambridge University Press.
Description[edit]
This work is based on published volumes of The Cambridge History of India but claims to be "far from a mere resumé of the larger work".[1] The book is divided into three sections: Ancient India (by John Allan), Moslem India (by T. Wolseley Haig), and British India (by Dodwell).[2] The book has been criticised for devoting almost half its volume to sixty years of British rule (until the Government of India Act 1919);[2] although the first half of the book was also considered too technical and "almost unreadable."[3]
The 1958 reprint by S. Chand & Co. contains additional chapters by R. R. Sethi on "The Last Phase (1919–1947)".[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Roberts, P. E. (January 1936). "Reviewed Work: The Cambridge Shorter History of India by J. Allan, T. Wolseley Haig, H. H. Dodwell". The English Historical Review. 51 (201): 156–59. JSTOR 552787.
- ^ a b Treat, Payson J. (March 1935). "Reviewed Work: The Cambridge Shorter History of India by J. Allan, T. Wolseley Haig, H. H. Dodwell". The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 178: 232–33. JSTOR 1019836.
- ^ Williams, L. F. Rushbrook (October 1936). "Reviewed Work: The Cambridge Shorter History of India by J. Allan, T. Wolseley Haig, H. H. Dodwell and Ceylon Under British Rule, 1795-1932, with an Account of the East India Company's Embassies to Kandy, 1762-1795 by Lennox A. Mills". The American Historical Review. 42 (1): 92–93.
- ^ "The Cambridge Shorter History of India". Internet Archive. S. Chand & Co. 1958.
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