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

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Uther Charlton-Stevens
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9780367594084
• ISBN: 978-0-367-59408-4
• No. of pages: 340
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous