Citizenship, Community and Democracy in India - From Bombay to Maharashtra, C. 1930 - 1960

Informationen zum Autor Oliver Godsmark is currently Lecturer in International History at the University of Sheffield. He has published a number of articles on the history of late colonial and early postcolonial South Asia. Zusammenfassung This book delivers ground-breaking perspectives upon nascent conceptions and workings of citizenship and democracy during the colonial/postcolonial transition. It examines how processes of democratisation and provincialisation during the interwar years contributed to demands and concerns and offers a broadened outlook on India’s partition. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. Maharashtra Between the Wars: Community, Number and Territory 3. Plotting out the Province: Plans and Panics over Reorganisation 4. Selecting Congress Candidates in a Democratising Bombay 5. Region, Reservations and Government Recruitment 6. Classifying and Counting Language at the 1951 Census 7. Conclusion

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: GODSMARK, Oliver Godsmark, Oliver (University of Sheffield Godsmark
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.07.2018
• EAN: 9780815393627
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-9362-7
• Pagine: 204
• Serie: Routledge Studies in South Asian History; Routledge Studies in South Asian History
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Sistema politico; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, India, Colonialism & imperialism, Political structure & processes, c 1950 to c 1959, Colonialism and imperialism, Asian History, c 1940 to c 1949, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), C 1945 To C 1960, Political structure and processes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General