Stanley Wolpert

Tilak and Gokhale : revolution and reform in the making of modern India

Tilak and Gokhale, Gandhis immediate predecessors in the Indian independence movement, could not be more contrasting figures. Tilak is often portrayed as an extremist; Gokhale a moderate. Yet their individual contributions, while so different from each other, were reliant upon a constant interaction--each responding to the others pronouncements and policies. In the final analysis, it was Gandhis ability to synthesize the nationalist tendencies of Tilak and the moral principles of Gokhale that gave the independence movement its ultimate form and success. Stanley Wolpert, a leading scholar of Indian history, makes plain for the first time the importance of the relationship of these two great men to the shaping of Indias destiny.

Jinnah of Pakistan

The book Jinnah of Pakistan by Professor Stanley Wolpert of the University of California catches you on the wrong foot. You take it up lightly, expecting to read the biography of an eminent man; you find yourself studying a concise political history of India-Pakistan in the first half of the twentieth century. The compres sion is masterly and the style of writing smooth—like the Amtrak train gliding at 100 miles an hour and you arrive at Los Angeles just after you have left San Francisco, so it seems. Wolpert has been fascinated by Jinnah and been collecting material for the present book for fifteen years. The bibliography is impressive; the author must have waded through an ocean of works. Apart from the authorised biography by Hector Bolitho there are numerous books (not to mention books In Urdu) on the Qaid-i-Azam. It must have taken a stout heart to add to the number.

A New History of India.

1: The Ecological Setting. 2: Indias Culture. 3: The Aryan Age. 4: North Indian Conquest and Unification. 5: Indias First IMperial Unification. 6: Political Fragmentation and Economic and Cultural Enrichment. 7: The Classiacl Age. 8: The Impact of Islam. 9: Mughal Imperial Unification. 10: Western Europes Vanguard. 11: Great Mughal Glory. 12: Twilight of the Mughal Empire. 13: John Company Raj. 14: The New Mughals. 15: Unification, Modernization, and Revolt. 16: Crown Rule -- A New Order. 17: Indian Nationalism -- The First Movement. 18: The Machine Solidifies. 19: Revolt, Repression, and Reform. 20: The Impact of World War One. 21: Toward Independence. 22: The Impact of World War Two. 23: The Nehru Era. 24: From Collective Leadership to India Raj. 25: From Janata Raj to Rajivs Death. 26: India Today. Bibliography, Glossary, Index