INTO INDIA-Classic Introduction to India-JOHN KEAY-History-SUPERB 1999 Book OOP!

Description: Hi! You're looking at a SUPERB condition book which is OUT OF PRINT and a classic history of India written by JOHN KEAY--the book is a 1999 issue with a New Foreword by the author and a softcover copy. This book is in SUPERB condition and the book has a few slight thumb creases on the centers of the covers, a slight crease on the lower left edge of the front cover, a slight crease on the spine end and just slight shelfwear and slight evidence of gentle browsing but NO other significant imperfections! The book is titled Into India and it was written by JOHN KEAY with a new foreword by the author; it was published by The University of Michigan Press in 1999.India challenges the visitor like no other country. Vast, ancient, and impossibly demanding, it is never just a holiday or an assignment. Advertisements call it an experience; it changes people in unexpected ways. To comprehend and enjoy this experience, there is no better introduction to the traditions and inhibitions of the world's most complex society than Into India. The product of tireless travel rather than of academic scholarship, this book prepares the visitor for India and greatly enriches later recollection. Amidst chaos it finds logic and from frustration reaps reward. In identifying and illuminating the role of Rajputs, Brahmins, Sikhs, Marathas, Kashmiris, Tamils, and a dozen other communities, it makes penetrable and intelligible the past glories and the present problems as well as the passions and the politics of an otherwise bewildering society. Traveling from Kashmir to Kerala, from Gujarat to Assam, Keay cheerfully succumbed to the pull which draws the visitor deeper and deeper "into India"--from the cities to the villages, from the hotels to the ashrams, and from the sweeping first impressions to the ever-deepening insights. "Dust and distance become constant companions . . . punctuated by moments of such intense and arresting beauty that all else, poverty, heat and sickness, are forgotten." Written in the 1970s, Into India achieved classic status and remained in print for twenty years. John Keay has since written more specialized studies of India and elsewhere, including a major new history of the subcontinent. But this reissue of his first book, with a new introductory chapter setting it in the context of the present, will be enthusiastically greeted by all to whom India appeals.A fantastic find, and a beautiful copy of this book!Thanks for looking, and good luck if you're bidding! Also be sure to check out all of my other great books currently listed on ebay auctions--I can combine shipping for multiple purchases!

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