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Author Krishan, Shri.

Title Political mobilization and identity in western India, 1934-47 / Shri Krishan
Published New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (279 pages) : 1 map
Series Sage series in modern Indian history ; 7
Sage series in modern Indian history ; 7.
Contents The socio-economic fabric of Bombay's countryside -- Peasants, parties, and politics : 1934-47 -- Survival, contested power, and the polyphonic tribal resistance in western India : 1934-47 -- Strategies of Dalit mobilization : caste structure and the politics of mobilization -- Crowd vigour and social identity ; the Quit India movement in western India
Summary The processes of political mobilization and identity formation in the rural regions of Bombay Presidency between 1934 and 1947 are the major focus of this work. Studying the politics of the masses, their aspirations and demands?both within the formal institutional frameworks of the colonial p̀ublic space ̀as well as outside it?this book provides insights into political and social change in 20th century India. Emphasizing micro-level revolts?which, rather than subaltern militancy, express a collective endeavour by the people to solve their local problems by wresting immediate and tangible conce
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-274) and index
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Subject Political culture -- India -- Mumbai -- History -- 20th century
Political participation -- India -- Mumbai -- History -- 20th century
Social change -- India -- History -- 20th century
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
Political culture
Political participation
Politics and government
Social change
SUBJECT India -- Politics and government -- 1765-1947. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064939
Subject India
India -- Mumbai
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9788132102083
8132102088
1282075160
9781282075160