The Cambridge Shorter History of India explained

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

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]

Notes and References

1. Reviewed Work: The Cambridge Shorter History of India by J. Allan, T. Wolseley Haig, H. H. Dodwell. Roberts. P. E.. The English Historical Review. 51. 201. January 1936. 156–59. 552787.
2. Reviewed Work: The Cambridge Shorter History of India by J. Allan, T. Wolseley Haig, H. H. Dodwell. Treat. Payson J.. Payson J. Treat. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 178. March 1935. 232–33. 1019836.
3. 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. Williams. L. F. Rushbrook. L. F. Rushbrook Williams. The American Historical Review. 42. 1. October 1936. 92–93.
4. Web site: The Cambridge Shorter History of India. 1958. S. Chand & Co.. Internet Archive.