Islam in history and politics perspectives from South Asia

"Most of the essays included in this volume were originally published in the South Asian Studies Association of Australia (SASA) journal, South Asia, special issue, vol. XXII, 1999 ..."

Includes bibliographical references.

Religious change and the self in Muslim South Asia since 1800 / Francis Robinson -- The composite culture and its historiography / Javee Alam -- Impact of Islamic revival and reform in colonial Bengal and Bengal Muslim identity: a revisit / Asim Roy -- Islamic responses to the fall of Srirangapatta and the death of Tipu Sultan (1799) / Kate Brittlebank -- South Asian Muslims and the plague 1896-c 1914 / I.J. Catanach -- Islam and the 'moral economy': the Alwar Revolt of 1932 / Ian Copland -- Coexistence and communalism: the shrine of Pirana in Gujarat / Dominique-Sila Khan and Sawahir Moir -- Sikhs and Muslims in the Punjab / W.H. McLeod -- Ethnicity, Islam, and national identity in Pakistan / Adeel Khan -- Islamization and democratization in Pakistan: implications for women and religious minorities / Samina Yasmeen -- Salience of Islam in South Asian politics: Pakistan and Bangladesh / Asim Roy.