Dependence & Disillusionment
Emergence Of National Consciousness In Later Nineteenth Century India
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ISBN:
9780198071624
Publication date:
17/02/2011
Hardback
252 pages
215.0x140.0mm
Price: 675.00 INR
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ISBN:
9780198071624
Publication date:
17/02/2011
Hardback
252 pages
215.0x140.0mm
Sudhir Chandra
Suitable for: Based on a wealth of archival sources this book will be indispensable for students and scholars of modern Indian history.
Rights: World Rights
Sudhir Chandra
Description
This book offers a comprehensive framework for the study of Indian nationalism. Departing from unidimensional explanations of nationalism, it highlights the role of change and continuity in the making of modern India. Dependence and Disillusionment discusses the emergence of national consciousness in India, a subjective phenomenon, through a variety of objective factors like: the multiple legacies of 1857 the emergence of new classes and political associations, introduction of English education, and social reform the economic impact of taxation and expenditure, famines, ‘drain', and swadeshi and political aspects such as racialism, freedom of expression and growth of nationalism. Sudhir Chandra also examines the contradictions and paradoxes latent in the nationalist consciousness. In the new Introduction to this edition he apprises the reader of the current trends and research in the study of nationalism, and the growth and transformation of this consciousness in modern India.
Sudhir Chandra
Sudhir Chandra
Description
This book offers a comprehensive framework for the study of Indian nationalism. Departing from unidimensional explanations of nationalism, it highlights the role of change and continuity in the making of modern India. Dependence and Disillusionment discusses the emergence of national consciousness in India, a subjective phenomenon, through a variety of objective factors like: the multiple legacies of 1857 the emergence of new classes and political associations, introduction of English education, and social reform the economic impact of taxation and expenditure, famines, ‘drain', and swadeshi and political aspects such as racialism, freedom of expression and growth of nationalism. Sudhir Chandra also examines the contradictions and paradoxes latent in the nationalist consciousness. In the new Introduction to this edition he apprises the reader of the current trends and research in the study of nationalism, and the growth and transformation of this consciousness in modern India.
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