Anglo-Indians and Minority Politics in South Asia - Race, Boundary Making and Communal Nationalism

Informationen zum Autor Uther Charlton-Stevens is Professor at the Institute of World Economy and Finance at Volgograd State University, Russia. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britian and Ireland. Klappentext The book analyses the processes of ethnic group formation and political organisation, beginning with petitions to the East India Company state, through the Raj's constitutional communalism, to constitution-making for the new India. It details how Anglo-Indians sought to preserve protected areas of state and railway employment. Zusammenfassung The book analyses the processes of ethnic group formation and political organisation, beginning with petitions to the East India Company state, through the Raj’s constitutional communalism, to constitution-making for the new India. It details how Anglo-Indians sought to preserve protected areas of state and railway employment. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction I. East Indians II. The ‘Eurasian Problem’ III. Becoming Anglo-Indians IV. Making a Minority V. Escapisms of Empire VI. Constituting the Nation Epilogue

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• Authors: Uther Charlton-Stevens, Charlton-Stevens Uther
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.11.2017
• EAN: 9781138847224
• ISBN: 978-1-138-84722-4
• No. of pages: 340
• Series: Royal Asiatic Society Books; Royal Asiatic Society Books
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, India, Colonialism & imperialism, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Colonialism and imperialism, Asian History, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Political control and freedoms, Political Control & Freedoms, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies, HISTORY / Asia / South / India, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies