Synopsis Studies in Socio-cultural and Political History: Modern Andhra covers an important aspect of Andhra History. His book mainly deals with sources in reconstruction of History, spread of English Education, the rise of middle classes, district and caste associations consequently social reforms and political awakening has been analysed. The genesis and the work of those associations helped in bringing about radical social and political awakening thus helping the social transformation of Andhra. Gensis of Andhra Movement, the linguistic, cultural and regional identities have been well brought out in this book. Tanguturi Prakasam, who played a significant role in modern Andhra in particular, national movement in general has been covered. The ideological overtones in transforming the social and political consciousness of the people in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and fight against colonial government forms the main theme in this book.