Makers of Modern India
Cambridge, Mass. : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011.
Format: Book
Description: xi, 500 pages ; 24 cm
Modern India is the world's largest democracy, a sprawling, polyglot nation containing one-sixth of all humankind. Here, Guha presents an anthology of Indian social and political thought.
Contents:
Prologue: Thinking through India -- Part 1: The opening of the Indian mind. The first liberal : Rammohun Roy -- Part 2: Reformers and radicals. The Muslim modernist : Syed Ahmad Khan ; The agrarian radical : Jotirau Phule ; The liberal reformer : G.K. Gokhale ; The militant nationalist : Bal Gangadhar Tilak ; The subaltern feminist : Tarabai Shinde -- Part 3: Nurturing a nation. The multiple agendas of M.K. Gandhi ; The rooted cosmopolitan : Rabindranath Tagore ; The annihilator of caste : B.R. Ambedkar ; The Muslim separatist : M.A. Jinnah ; The radical reformer : E.V. Ramaswamy ; The socialist feminist : Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay ; The renewed agendas of M.K. Gandhi -- Part 4: Debating democracy. The wise democrat : B.R. Ambedkar ; The multiple agendas of Jawaharlal Nehru ; The Hindu supremacist : M.S. Golwalkar ; The indigenous socialist : Rammanohar Lohia ; The grassroots socialist : Jayaprakash Narayan ; The Gandhian liberal : C. Rajagopalachari ; The defender of the triblas : Verrier Elwin -- Part 5: A tradition re-affirmed. The last modernist : Hamid Dalwai -- Epilogue : India in the world.
Subjects:
Politiker Musikgruppe.
Geschichte 1800-1970.
1700-1999
Geschichte 1800-1970.
Political culture -- India -- History -- 18th century -- Sources.
Political culture -- India -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
Political culture -- India -- History -- 20th century -- Sources.
Politicians -- India -- Biography.
Political culture.
Politics and government.
Politicians.
Politische Kultur.
Intellektueller.
Politische Kultur.
Politiker.
Politisches Denken.
Politisches Denken.
History.
India -- Politics and government -- 18th century -- Sources.
India -- Politics and government -- 19th century -- Sources.
India -- Politics and government -- 20th century -- Sources.
India.
Indien.
Indien.
Politiker Musikgruppe.
Geschichte 1800-1970.
1700-1999
Geschichte 1800-1970.
Political culture -- India -- History -- 18th century -- Sources.
Political culture -- India -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
Political culture -- India -- History -- 20th century -- Sources.
Politicians -- India -- Biography.
Political culture.
Politics and government.
Politicians.
Politische Kultur.
Intellektueller.
Politische Kultur.
Politiker.
Politisches Denken.
Politisches Denken.
History.
India -- Politics and government -- 18th century -- Sources.
India -- Politics and government -- 19th century -- Sources.
India -- Politics and government -- 20th century -- Sources.
India.
Indien.
Indien.
ISBN:
9780674052468
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY Asia India Mak | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes a short biographical introduction to each person, followed by excerpts from their writings.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.