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Peasant Pasts : History and Memory in Western India /

Provides an intervention in the social and cultural history of India by examining the nature of peasant discourses and practices during the 19th and 20th centuries. This book shows that peasants in Gujarat were active in production and circulation of political ideas. It argues that nationalists in G...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chaturvedi, Vinayak
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2007.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Provides an intervention in the social and cultural history of India by examining the nature of peasant discourses and practices during the 19th and 20th centuries. This book shows that peasants in Gujarat were active in production and circulation of political ideas. It argues that nationalists in Gujarat established power through use of coercion.
Physical Description:1 online resource (329 pages).
ISBN:9780520940598