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Creative Pasts

Author: Prachi Deshpande

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2007-05-08

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0231511434

The "Maratha period" of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, when an independent Maratha state successfully resisted the Mughals, is a defining era in the history of the region of Maharashtra in western India. In this book, Prachi Deshpande considers the importance of this period for a variety of political projects including anticolonial/Hindu nationalism and the non-Brahman movement, as well as popular debates throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries concerning the meaning of tradition, culture, and the experience of colonialism and modernity. Sampling from a rich body of literary and cultural sources, Deshpande highlights shifts in history writing in early modern and modern India and the deep connections between historical and literary narratives. She traces the reproduction of the Maratha period in various genres and public arenas, its incorporation into regional political symbolism, and its centrality to the making of a modern Marathi regional consciousness. She also shows how historical memory provided a space for Indians to negotiate among their national, religious, and regional identities, pointing to history's deeper potential in shaping politics within thoroughly diverse societies. A truly unique study, Creative Pasts examines the practices of historiography and popular memory within a particular colonial context, and illuminates the impact of colonialism on colonized societies and cultures. Furthermore, it shows how modern history and historical memory are jointly created through the interplay of cultural activities, power structures, and political rhetoric.

Western India in the Nineteenth Century

Author: Ravinder Kumar

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-11-05

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 1136545646

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Hinduism flourished in the districts around Poona in Bombay to a far greater extent than in the rest of India, hence the problems facing the British administrators of Maharashtra were quite different from those confronting them in other parts of India. The solutions they proposed and the policies which emerged determined the social changes which took place in the Maharashtra in the nineteenth century. This book analyses these changes by focussing on the rise of new social groups and the dissemination of new values and shows how these social groups and values interacted with the traditional order in Maharashtra to create a stable regional society. Originally published in 1968.

Rural Credit in Western India 1875–1930

Author: I. J. Catanach

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2023-04-28

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 0520327829

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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1970.

Peasant Pasts

Author: Vinayak Chaturvedi

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2007-06-19

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 0520250788

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State and Locality in Mughal India

Author: Farhat Hasan

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2004-11-11

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 9780521841191

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This book presents an exploratory study of the Mughal state and its negotiation with local power relations. By studying the state from the perspective of the localities and not from that of the Mughal Court, it shifts the focus from the imperial grid to the local arenas, and more significantly, from 'form' to 'process'. As a result, the book offers a new interpretation of the system of rule based on an appreciation of the local experience of imperial sovereignty, and the inter-connections between the state and the local power relations. The book knits together the systems- and action-theoretic approaches to power, and presents the Mughal state as a dynamic structure in constant change and conflict. The study, based on hitherto unexamined local evidence, highlights the extent to which the interactions between state and society helped to shape the rule structure, the normative system and 'the moral economy of the state'.

Pastoral Deities in Western India

Author: Günther-Dietz Sontheimer

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 9780195632934

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In This Work, Sontheimer Explains The Religion A Rich Oral Trasdtion Of The Pastoral Communities Of Deccan - Especially The Dhangars, Shepards 0Of Maharashtra As Also Of Other As Also Of Other Groups Typical Of The Forest And Pasture Area, Tribals, Robbers Etc. 9 Chapters - Appendix In 5 Parts - Bibliography - Index.

Tribal Development in Western India

Author: Amita Shah

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-08-12

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 1317325745

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Tribal communities in western India, as elsewhere in the country, have been facing increasing marginalisation and poverty. This is so despite a relatively better record of social movements and work by civil society organisations among them and their political inclusion. Further, the existing literature on tribals focuses more on their socio-cultural situation and less on their economic and human development. Addressing this gap in scholarship, this volume details the processes of tribal development and associated challenges in Gujarat, often viewed as a high-growth economy. Rich in interdisciplinary, empirical analyses, the book comprehensively addresses three important aspects of tribal development — human development, economic opportunities and governance. It critiques recent policy diagnoses and interventions, rather than evaluate policy-outcomes. The volume traces the genesis of continued marginalisation of tribals in the country, and contributes to the ongoing discourse on integrative tribal development. The work will interest scholars and students of development studies, tribal studies, economics, sociology, social work, as also policy-makers, activists, and governmental and non-governmental organisations in the field.