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1 online resource (xiii, 248 pages) : illustrations |
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Politics, history, and culture |
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Politics, history, and culture.
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e-Duke books scholarly collection.
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| Contents |
Introduction : Imagining institutions, instituting diversity : toward a theory of nation-state formation -- Moving pictures : the Films Division of India and the visual practices of the nation-state -- Marching in time : Republic Day parades and the ritual practices of the nation-state -- Indian darkness : science, development, and the needs discourse of the nation-state -- Cities of hope : steel townships and the spatial practices of the nation-state -- Conclusion : after midnight |
| Summary |
Examines the formation of the nation-state in postcolonial India, how it worked to create an identity for itself, to what extent it succeeded, and what may be the prospects for unity in a widely diverse country |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-235) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Nehru, Jawaharlal, 1889-1964.
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Nehru, Jawaharlal, 1889-1964 fast |
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Nehru, Jawaharlal, 1889-1964. nli |
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Nehru, Jawaharlal. swd |
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Nationalism -- India -- History
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Nation-state.
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nations.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Nationalism.
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HISTORY -- Asia -- India & South Asia.
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Nation-state
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Nationalism
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Politics and government
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Nationalismus
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Nationalstaat
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Nationalbewusstsein
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Nationalism -- India -- History.
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Nation-state.
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India -- Politics and government -- 1947- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064944
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India
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Indien
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India -- Politics and government -- 1947-.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780822389910 |
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0822389916 |
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1282923285 |
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9781282923287 |
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9786612923289 |
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6612923288 |
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