Nehru's India (eBook)

A History in Seven Myths

Taylor C. Sherman (Autor)

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2022
304 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-22722-1 (ISBN)

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An iconoclastic history of the first two decades after independence in IndiaNehru's India brings a provocative but nuanced set of new interpretations to the history of early independent India. Drawing from her extensive research over the past two decades, Taylor Sherman reevaluates the role of Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first prime minister, in shaping the nation. She argues that the notion of Nehru as the architect of independent India, as well as the ideas, policies, and institutions most strongly associated with his premiership-nonalignment, secularism, socialism, democracy, the strong state, and high modernism-have lost their explanatory power. They have become myths.Sherman examines seminal projects from the time and also introduces readers to little-known personalities and fresh case studies, including India's continued engagement with overseas Indians, the importance of Buddhism in secular India, the transformations in industry and social life brought about by bicycles, a riotous and ultimately doomed attempt to prohibit the consumption of alcohol in Bombay, the early history of election campaign finance, and the first state-sponsored art exhibitions. The author also shines a light on underappreciated individuals, such as Apa Pant, the charismatic diplomat who influenced foreign policy from Kenya to Tibet, and Urmila Eulie Chowdhury, the rebellious architect who helped oversee the building of Chandigarh.Tracing and critiquing developments in this formative period in Indian history, Nehru's India offers a fresh and definitive exploration of the nation's early postcolonial era.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.10.2022
• Zusatzinfo: 7 b/w illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Schlagworte: Abul Kalam Azad • Air Pollution • Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh • Andhra Mahasabha • Anti-Imperialism • Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi • babri masjid • ballot • Barter • Big Business • Brochure • Bureaucracy • Case study • central government • chauvinism • cinematographer • civil service • Committee for Cultural Freedom • Constitution • Dalit • diplomatic recognition • Durga Khote • Economic Inequality • education reform • Election • electricity • Estimates • exceptionalism • Festival • General Election • Governance • Government of India • Government procurement in the United States • Guarantee • Gujarat • Habib Rahman (architect) • Hindu nationalism • Historiography • human dimension • Human Trafficking • income • Indar Jit Rikhye • India • Indian Air Force • Indian navy • Indonesia • industrialisation • Institution • Intention (criminal law) • Jawaharlal Nehru • Kamala • Kishtwar district • Legislation • license • Lok Sabha • Madhya Pradesh • Mahatma Gandhi • Melodrama • Military Operation • Minister of State • musical instrument • Nationality • Nationalization • National Legislature (Sudan) • Neoliberalism • Nomination • Oppression • Pakistan • Parliament of India • party of power • Police Officer • Political Philosophy • Princely state • Protective tariff • P. T. Chacko • Redistribution of income and wealth • result • Saraswati • Secularism • Self-Interest • Self-Sufficiency • shaivism • Shyam Benegal • Slavery • Smuggling • Socialism • social revolution • Social Transformation • Southeast Asia • Sri Lanka • state-owned enterprise • Stupa • Swatantra Party • Telangana • Unitary state • V. • Voting • Wealth • welfare • West Bengal
• ISBN-10: 0-691-22722-5 / 0691227225
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-22722-1 / 9780691227221