Spirals of Contention - Why India Was Partitioned in 1947

Zusatztext His last and arguably most important book...- T. N. Madan! Honorary Professor! Institute of Economic Growth! University of Delhi Informationen zum Autor Satish Saberwal was formerly Professor of Sociology, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Klappentext The book examines the social and social psychological processes that led up to the Partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947. It works from a dual corpus: the historians for medieval and modern India, the sociologists for Indian society. It moves back and forth between evidence and general, or theoretical, understanding, and focuses on social and psychological processes, placing the strictly political domain on the margin. It recognizes long-term continuities in the idiom of conflict (as well as of cooperation), and shows that, by 1900, the conflicts and the animosities were gathering a self-aggravating momentum. . Zusammenfassung The book examines the social and social psychological processes that led up to the Partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface . Acknowledgements . Introduction. 1. Medieval Legacy 2. Facing the Future 1 3. Facing the Future 2 4. Nineteenth Century Anxieties 5. Parallel Processes 6. Drifting Apart. Concluding Review. Bibliography . About the Author . Index

Product details

• Authors: Satish Saberwal, Satish (Jawaharlal Nehru University Saberwal, Saberwal Satish
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2007
• EAN: 9780415467353
• ISBN: 978-0-415-46735-3
• No. of pages: 236
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; Pakistan, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Society & culture: general, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Asian History, Society and culture: general, Regional Geography, History and Archaeology, HISTORY / Asia / South / General