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Akbar : The Mughal Emperor

Akbar (1542-1605) © Anup Mukherjee

[A version of this essay written by the author was published in the Encyclopedia of Leadership (Sage, 2004)]

Akbar was the grandson of Babur who founded the Mughal rule in India. However, during the time of Humayun, the territory was lost to the Afghans under the Surs. After the interregnum of Afghan rule, . . . → Read More: Akbar : The Mughal Emperor

Jammu and Kashmir: The Underlying Trends

Jammu and Kashmir: The Underlying Trends

© Anup Mukherjee, Jan 2003

The Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) recently underwent the Assembly elections. This article will explore the J&K issue in its various hues and dimensions in the post poll situation, with particular focus at estimating the J&K situation and consequences of these elections and its impact . . . → Read More: Jammu and Kashmir: The Underlying Trends

Women in World History

Women in World History

© Anup Mukherjee i3pep.org

[This Article is a partly revised version of my post in the H-World Discussion Network]

This refers to the Teaching Unit D1 of the AP World History course relating to “The Economic Role of Women in World History” 600-1914 that is available at www.whc.neu.edu (complete write-up retrieved on 31-08-2003). This lesson . . . → Read More: Women in World History

Critiquing Imperialism

Critiquing Imperialism © Anup Mukherjee

[The Essay titled Empire: An Artful Statecraft was written in response to Niall Ferguson’s article in the April 2003 Issue of Historically Speaking. Only an edited part of the essay was published as letter to the editor in the September 2003 issue of Historically Speaking. It is also available in electronic format . . . → Read More: Critiquing Imperialism

Hinduism in Modern Times

Hinduism in Modern Times
© Anup Mukherjee, i3pep.org (Nov, 2003)

Hinduism in modern times is reflection of continuity and of progressive changes that occurred in its various traditions and institutions during the 19th and 20th centuries.

By eighteenth century many ills had crept into it- superstition, social obscurantism, rigid rituals, tyrannical polytheism and abominable rites like animal sacrifice. . . . → Read More: Hinduism in Modern Times

Book Review: The Arabian Seas

Book: The Arabian Seas: The Indian Ocean World of the Seventeenth Century.
Author: R. J. Barendse.
Publisher: Asia and the Pacific Series. Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, 2002.
Other Details: xvi + 588 pp.
Maps, tables, glossary, bibliography, index.
$85.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-7656-0728-X; $34.95 (paper), ISBN 0-7656-0729-8.

Book Reviewed by: Anup Mukherjee
Review Published By : H-World (October, 2002)

Library . . . → Read More: Book Review: The Arabian Seas

Book Review: American Empire

Book: American Empire: The Realities and Consequences of U.S. Diplomacy.
Author: Andrew J. Bacevich.
Publisher: Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2002.
Other Details: ix + 302 pp. Index. $29.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-674-00940-1.

Book Reviewed by: Anup Mukherjee
Review Published By : H-USA (May, 2003)

Library of Congress call number: E183.7 .B284 2002
Subjects:

United States–Foreign relations.
United States–Foreign relations–Philosophy.

Anup Mukherjee . “Review of Andrew . . . → Read More: Book Review: American Empire

Contextualizing Gandhi in Twenty-First Century World

Contextualizing Gandhi in Twenty-First Century World
© Anup Mukherjee (June, 2003)

This essay was part of World History Association (WHA) Conference at Atlanta (June 2003). Detailed commentary by Prof. Marc Jason Gilbert, the Panel Chairperson of Gandhi and World History Panel of the WHA Conferance can be found on HNN website and H-Asia website. – Anup Mukherjee

ABSTRACT . . . → Read More: Contextualizing Gandhi in Twenty-First Century World

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