Averting the Apocalypse : social movements in India today /

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There are two Indias: the caste and class elite who hold all power and make up 10 to 15 percent of the population, and everyone else. Averting the Apocalypse is about everyone else. Arthur Bonner, a former New York Times reporter with long experience as a foreign correspondent in Asia, conducted int...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bonner, Arthur (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 1990.
Colección:e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Temas:
Since 1947
Social movements > India > Case studies.
Social action > India > Case studies.
Social problems > Case studies.
Mouvements sociaux > Inde > Études de cas.
Action sociale > Inde > Études de cas.
Problèmes sociaux > Études de cas.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Social action
Social conditions
Social movements
Social problems
Soziale Bewegung
India > Social conditions > 1947- > Case studies.
Inde > Conditions sociales > 1947- > Études de cas.
India
Indien
Case studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:There are two Indias: the caste and class elite who hold all power and make up 10 to 15 percent of the population, and everyone else. Averting the Apocalypse is about everyone else. Arthur Bonner, a former New York Times reporter with long experience as a foreign correspondent in Asia, conducted interviews over many months while traveling almost 20,000 miles within India seeking out the underclass and social activists who together are beginning to mobilize for social change at the bottom of Indian society. Working in areas torn by violence, Bonner offers a terrifyingly accur.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (vi, 467 pages) : maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-456) and index.
ISBN:9780822381631
082238163X

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