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'
Summary
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 politics and consciousness
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-447) and index
