Nationalist Movement in India : A Reader by Sekhar Bandyopadhyay (2009, Hardcover)

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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100195698819
ISBN-139780195698817
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Number of Pages464 Pages
Publication NameNationalist Movement in India : a Reader
LanguageEnglish
SubjectGeneral
Publication Year2009
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaHistory
AuthorSekhar Bandyopadhyay
FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight16.8 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2009-341049
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal320.540954
Table Of ContentIntroduction: Nationalist movement in India: Historiography and HistoryPart I. The educated classes and modern nationalism1. 'Whose Imagined Community?', Partha Chatterjee2. 'Economic Nationalism', Bipan Chandra3. 'Rewriting Histories of Nationalism: The Politics of "Moderate Nationalism" in India, 1870-1905, Sanjay Seth4. 'Trends in Bengal's Swadeshi Movement', Sumit SarkarPart II. The coming of Mahatma Gandhi5. 'The Mahatma and Modern India', Judith Brown6. 'Waiting for the Mahatma', Shahid AminPart III. Peasants in Gandhian mass movements7. 'The Rowlatt Satyagraha', David Hardiman8. 'Masses in Politics: Non-co-operation Movement in Bengal', Rajat K. Ray9. 'Rebellious Hillmen: the Gudem-Rampa Risings, 1839-1924', David Arnold10. 'The Structure of Congress Politics in Coastal Andhra, 1925-37', Brian Stoddart11. 'The Indian Nation in 1942', Gyanendra PandeyPart IV. Muslim identity and political participation12. 'The Muslim Breakaway', Mushirul Hasan13. 'Exploding Communalism: The Politics of Muslim Identity in South Asia', Ayesha Jalal14. '"Denationalising" the Past: "Nation"', M.S.S. Pandian15. 'Congress and the Untouchables, 1917-1950', Eleanor ZelliotPart VI. Women in the nationalist movement16. 'Gandhi and women's role in the struggle for Swaraj', Madhu Kishwar17. 'Politics and Women in Bengal: The Conditions and Meaning of Participation', Tanika Sarkar18. 'Congress and the Industrialists (1885-1947)', Dwijendra Tripathi19. 'Attitudes of the Indian National Congress towards the working class struggle in India, 1918-1947', Vinay BahlPart VII. The restless forties20. 'Popular Movements and National Leadership, 1945-47', Sumit Sarkar21. 'Sailors and the Crowd: Popular Protest in Karachi, 1946', Anirudh DeshpandeBibliography
SynopsisThis reader provides a broad historical outline of the nationalist movement, highlighting its various complexities and internal contradictions, and discussing the historiographical debates., Highlighting the pluralist nature of the Indian nation and its struggle for independence, this reader discusses all the debates related to the nationalist movement in India. The essays in this book - some of them classics, others more recent - will help to familiarize readers with these debates and are divided into eight sections: making of modern nationalism, role of Mahatma Gandhi, peasants and Gandhian mass movements, Muslim identity and political participation, nation, region, and caste, women in nationalist movement, capitalists, working class and nationalism, and the last years of British rule. The introduction provides a broad historical outline of the nationalist movement , highlight its various complexities and internal contradictions, and discuss the historiographical debates to contextualize the essays included in the volume. The volume also carries an annotated bibliography., Highlighting the pluralist nature of the Indian nation and its struggle for independence, this reader discusses all the debates related to the nationalist movement in India. The essays in this book--some of them classics, others more recent--will help to familiarize readers with these debates and are divided into eight sections: making of modern nationalism, role of Mahatma Gandhi, peasants and Gandhian mass movements, Muslim identity and political participation, nation, region, and caste, women in nationalist movement, capitalists, working class and nationalism, and the last years of British rule. The introduction provides a broad historical outline of the nationalist movement, highlight its various complexities and internal contradictions, and discuss the historiographical debates to contextualize the essays included in the volume. The volume also carries an annotated bibliography.
LC Classification NumberDS463

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