Congress and the Raj
Congress and the Raj

Author: Donald Anthony Low

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 536

ISBN-13:

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Brings together essays on the national movement and populist politics in India and carries a foreword on the historiography of the nationalist movement.

The State and Governance in India
The State and Governance in India

Author: William F. Kuracina

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2010-04-05

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 1136992715

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This book presents an innovative investigation of the policies of the Indian Congress during the late colonial period. Departing from the existing historiography of Indian nationalism, it analyses the extent to which Congress elites engaged in processes intended to foster nation-building in India. Rejecting the long-standing premise that the Congress primarily sought to generate a national identity, the author hypothesizes that Congress elites knowingly grappled with the creation of a national governmentality. He argues that they distanced themselves from lethargic nation-building exercises and instead opted to support more practical and more feasible state-building efforts. Accordingly, this book shows that Congress elites constructed the institutions that would enable Indians to govern themselves after India’s liberation from British imperialism. It presents evidence which shows that Congress elites began to perceive themselves and their organization as an emerging post-colonial state.

The Great Partition
The Great Partition

Author: Yasmin Khan

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2017-07-04

Total Pages: 285

ISBN-13: 0300233647

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A reappraisal of the tumultuous Partition and how it ignited long-standing animosities between India and Pakistan This new edition of Yasmin Khan’s reappraisal of the tumultuous India-Pakistan Partition features an introduction reflecting on the latest research and on ways in which commemoration of the Partition has changed, and considers the Partition in light of the current refugee crisis. Reviews of the first edition: “A riveting book on this terrible story.”—Economist “Unsparing. . . . Provocative and painful.”—Times (London) “Many histories of Partition focus solely on the elite policy makers. Yasmin Khan’s empathetic account gives a great insight into the hopes, dreams, and fears of the millions affected by it.”—Owen Bennett Jones, BBC

World War II in Europe, Africa, and the Americas, with General Sources
World War II in Europe, Africa, and the Americas, with General Sources

Author: Loyd Lee

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 1997-08-21

Total Pages: 546

ISBN-13: 0313033145

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A broadly interdisciplinary work, this handbook discusses the best and most enduring literature related to the major topics and themes of World War II. Military historiography is treated in essays on the major theaters of military operations and the related themes of logistics and intelligence, while political and diplomatic history is covered in chapters on international relations, resistance movements, and collaboration. The volume analyzes themes of domestic history in essays on economic mobilization, the home fronts, and women in the military and civilian life. The book also covers the Holocaust. This handbook approaches each topic from a global viewpoint rather than focusing on individual national communities. Except for nonprint material, the literature, research, and sources surveyed are primarily those available in English. The volume is aimed at both experts on the war and the general academic community and will also be useful to students and serious laymen interested in the war.

The Oxford Handbook of the History of Nationalism
The Oxford Handbook of the History of Nationalism

Author: John Breuilly

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2013-03-07

Total Pages: 818

ISBN-13: 0199209197

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Thirty-six essays by a team of leading scholars providing a global coverage of the history of nationalism in its different aspects - its ideas, its sentiments, and its politics.

Nonviolent Action
Nonviolent Action

Author: Ronald M. McCarthy

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-07-04

Total Pages: 762

ISBN-13: 1135067538

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This comprehensive guide to research, sources, and theories about nonviolent action as a technique of struggle in social and political conficts discusses the methods and techniques used by groups in various encounters. Although violence and its causes have received a great deal of attention, nonviolent action has not received its due as an international phenomenon with a long history. An introduction that explains the theories and research used in the study provides a practical guide to this essential bibliography of English-language sources. The first part of the book covers case-study materials divided by region and subdivided by country. Within each country, materials are arranged chronologically and topically. The second major part examines the methods and theory of nonviolent action, principled nonviolence, and several closely related areas in social science, such as conflict analysis and social movements. The book is indexed by author and subject.

Communications and Power
Communications and Power

Author: Milton Israel

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1994-04-14

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9780521467636

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At the end of the First World War, Government of India officials and Indian nationalist politicians began to recognise the need for an organized communications network that could reach out to a large and diverse Indian population. The challenge for Government and nationalists alike was to create an effective propaganda machine that could both disseminate news and, at the same time, elicit the desired political response. Milton Israel's 1994 book describes the role of the press, news services and propaganda agencies in the last stage of the nationalist struggle in India before the departure of the British, emphasizing the media's participation in the development of a 'national' perspective. Within this context, the author examines the significance of the encounter between imperialism and nationalism and the influence one had upon the other in achieving often conflicting objectives.