India in the World by Rajeshwari Dutt, Nico Slate - 9781032494654

India in the World1500 to the Present\nAuthor(s): Rajeshwari Dutt, Nico Slate\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032494654, 978-1032494654\nSynopsis\nIf we look back at world history in the past five hundred years, it is evident that Indian ideas, peoples, and goods helped drive world connections. From the quest to reach the Indies that drove Iberian rulers to fund costly expeditions that ultimately connected the Old World with the Americas to Gandhis creed of non-violence that created transnational resistance movements, India has been crucial to world history. \n\nIn what ways have the movement of goods, people, and ideas from India served to connect the world? Conversely, how has Indias global history shaped the many boundaries and inequalities that have divided the world despiteand at times because ofthe transnational connections often lumped together under the aegis of globalization? Through its emphasis on bo.