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State, community and neighbourhood in princely North India, c.1900-1950 /

Previous scholarship on 'communalism' in modern South Asia has focused almost exclusively on colonial British India, or on the contemporary Indian scene - on the post-1980 resurgence of communal rioting associated with the politicking of the Hindu Right. Copland's book adds a new dime...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Copland, Ian, 1943- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • PART 1: INTRODUCTION
  • Unmasking the Other
  • Patterns of Riots
  • The Problem
  • The Argument
  • PART 2: ISLANDS IN THE STORM
  • A Question of Numbers
  • The States as Backwaters
  • Communitas
  • Rajadharma
  • Princes and Publics
  • PART 3: METAMORPHOSIS
  • Cracks in the Fȧade
  • The Price of Progress
  • The Coming of the Missionaries
  • The Coming of the Politicians
  • Unholy Alliances
  • Rajadharma Revisited
  • PART 4: THE FURTHER SHORES OF PARTITION
  • Imperial Sunset
  • Dreams and Conspiracies
  • The Killing Fields
  • The Price of Survival
  • PART 5: THE NEW INDIA
  • Bluster on the Right
  • The Union Strikes Back
  • Starting Over
  • PART 6: CONCLUSION
  • Communalism Revisited
  • Legacies
  • Bibliography.
  • 1. Introduction
  • Unmasking the other
  • Patterns of riots
  • The problem
  • The argument
  • 2. Islands in the storm
  • A question of numbers?
  • The states as backwaters
  • Communitas
  • Rājadharma
  • Princes and publics
  • 3. Metamorphosis
  • Cracks in the façade
  • The price of progress
  • The coming of the missionaries
  • The coming of the politicians
  • Unholy alliances
  • Rājadharma revisited
  • 4. The further shores of partition
  • Imperial sunset
  • Dreams and conspiracies
  • The killing fields
  • The price of survival
  • 5. The new India
  • Bluster on the right
  • The Union strikes back
  • Starting over
  • 6. Conclusion
  • Communalism revisited
  • Legacies.