Gandhi and the Caste Question in Colonial India

About the author

Shashi Bhushan Upadhyay is Professor of History at IGNOU. His research interests are mainly in the fields of intellectual history, historiography, labour history, literary history and nationalist movement. His publications include Historiography in the Modern World: Western and Indian Perspectives (2016), Existence, Identity and Mobilization: The Cotton Millworkers of Bombay, 1890-1919 (2004), two co-edited volumes, Dalit Assertion in Society, Literature and History (2010) and School Education, Pluralism and Marginality: Comparative Perspectives (2012), and about 25 articles and book chapters on labour, Dalits, Premchand, and Gandhi.

Product details

• Authors: Shashi Bhushan Upadhyay, Upadhyay Shashi Bhushan
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.06.2025
• EAN: 9781041004646
• ISBN: 978-1-0-4100464-6
• No. of pages: 316
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); History, Society & culture: general, RELIGION / Hinduism / History, RELIGION / Hinduism / Rituals & Practice, Religion & beliefs, Politics & government, Regional Studies, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, Religion and beliefs, Society and culture: general, Indian sub-continent, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, HISTORY / Asia / South / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies