Primus Books is an academic publisher, serving learning and scholarship in higher education and the professional world. We publish groundbreaking research monographs, edited volumes, and professional and reference works in print and online. Our selective publishing programme focuses on the fields of history, anthropology, political science, literature, and management. We publish only the best work
s in critical, contemporary South Asian study, and our authors include specialists from many renowned institutes in India and abroad. To name a few, we have authors from the University of Delhi, Jawaharlal Nehru University, the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, the Institute of Oriental Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences, University of California at Los Angeles, University of Chicago and the Indian Council for Historical Research. Our collections not only provide readers with a range of critical and insightful subject matter, but also with innovative methodologies and questions to help readers to better comprehend their country and the world. In keeping with the modern appetite for dissenting opinions that challenge the mainstream, Primus is committed to producing works which tackle fundamental issues and try to realign understandings and thought patterns. We have a dedicated and diligent editorial team who combine editorial intelligence with elegant production and marketing flair. Treating every book as a unique event, Primus cultivates transparent relationships with every author, valuing their inputs and working closely with them from the outset. To further our author-publisher collaboration, we seek to implement new and innovative ways to communicate with the bookseller and the reader. Primus Books is the higher academic division of Ratna Sagar Ltd., producers of high quality school-level books.