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Author Mantena, Rama Sundari, 1969- author.

Title Provincial democracy : political imaginaries at the end of empire in twentieth-century South India / Rama Sundari Mantena
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023
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Description 1 online resource (xi, 248 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Introduction : self-determination, federation, and civil liberties in twentieth-century South India -- Liberalism and anti-colonialism in South India -- Self-determination, federation, and the provinces -- Princely Hyderabad, anti-colonialism, and federation -- Publicity, civil liberties, and political life in princely Hyderabad -- The break-up of Hyderabad -- After empire : language and regionalism
Summary "Situated within the context of seismic global transformations of the early twentieth century-namely the two World Wars and the crisis of the imperial order-Provincial Democracy delves into the period between the decline of empire and the rise of the nation. This period, the book contends, is defined by not only the dominance of the nation state and debates over a new global order, but also the expansion of democratic participation in defining and negotiating political futures and an increased use of the language of liberalism, political rights, and self-government in colonial India. Moreover, it shifts the focus from the dominant narrative of linguistic nationalism as defining regionalism on to debates over questions of representation, rights, political reforms, and federalism. Thus, it uncovers a broad perspective on political imaginaries that anticipated democracy in independent India"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 04, 2023)
Subject Democracy -- India, South
Decolonization -- India, South
Nationalism -- India, South
Decolonization
Democracy
Nationalism
Politics and government
SUBJECT Hyderabad (India : State) -- Politics and government
Madras (India : Presidency) -- Politics and government
Subject India -- Hyderabad (State)
India -- Madras (Presidency)
South India
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2023011800
ISBN 9781009339520
1009339524
9781009347556
1009347551
Other Titles Political imaginaries at the end of empire in 20th-century South India