The politics of the urban poor in early twentieth-century India /

Nandini Gooptu's history of the Indian urban poor represents a tour-de-force. It focuses on themes ranging from the social construction of poverty, religious and caste identities and nationalist and labour politics. In this way, the book contributes to current debates on the nature of subaltern...

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Xehetasun bibliografikoak
Egile nagusia: Gooptu, Nandini
Formatua: Licensed eBooks
Hizkuntza:ingelesa
Argitaratua: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Saila:Cambridge studies in Indian history and society ; 8.
Sarrera elektronikoa:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=74142
Aurkibidea:
  • 1. The study and its perspectives
  • pt. I. Changing conditions and experiences in interwar north India. 2. The poor in the urban setting. 3. Urban local policies and the poor. 4. Urban policing and the poor
  • pt. II. Modes of political action and perception. 5. Untouchable assertion. 6. Militant Hinduism. 7. Resurgent Islam. 8. Nationalist action. 9. Congress socialst mobilisation. 10. The politics of exclusion and the 'virtuous deprived'.