Defining a Nation: India on the Eve of Independence, 1945 (Reacting to the Past™

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Book Title
Defining a Nation: India on the Eve of Independence, 1945 (Rea
ISBN
9781469670799
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
ISBN-10
1469670798
ISBN-13
9781469670799
eBay Product ID (ePID)
17057260129

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
100 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Defining a Nation : India on the Eve of Independence 1945
Publication Year
2022
Subject
Asia / India & South Asia
Type
Textbook
Author
Ainslie T. Embree, Mark C. Carnes
Subject Area
History
Series
Reacting to the Past (Tm) Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.3 in
Item Weight
9.2 Oz
Item Length
10.9 in
Item Width
8.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
College Audience
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
954.03/1
Synopsis
Defining a Nation is set at Simla, in the foothills of the Himalayas, where the British viceroy has invited leaders of various religious and political constituencies to work out the future of Britain's largest colony. Will the British transfer power to the Indian National Congress, which claims to speak for all Indians? Or will a separate Muslim ......, Defining a Nation is set at Simla, in the foothills of the Himalayas, where the British viceroy has invited leaders of various religious and political constituencies to work out the future of Britain's largest colony. Will the British transfer power to the Indian National Congress, which claims to speak for all Indians? Or will a separate Muslim state--Pakistan--be carved out of India to be ruled by Muslims, as the Muslim League proposes? And what will happen to the vulnerable minorities--such as the Sikhs and untouchables--or the hundreds of princely states? As British authority wanes, tensions among Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs smolder and increasingly flare into violent riots that threaten to ignite all India. Towering above it all is the frail but formidable figure of Gandhi, whom some revere as an apostle of nonviolence and others regard as a conniving Hindu politician. Students struggle to reconcile religious identity with nation building--perhaps the most intractable and important issue of the modern world. Texts include the literature of Hindu revival (Chatterjee, Tagore, and Tilak); the Koran and the literature of Islamic nationalism (Iqbal); and the writings of Ambedkar, Nehru, Jinnah, and Gandhi., Defining a Nation is set at Simla, in the foothills of the Himalayas, where the British viceroy has invited leaders of various religious and political constituencies to work out the future of Britain's largest colony. Will the British transfer power to the Indian National Congress, which claims to speak for all Indians? Or will a separate Muslim state&8213;Pakistan&8213;be carved out of India to be ruled by Muslims, as the Muslim League proposes? And what will happen to the vulnerable minorities&8213;such as the Sikhs and untouchables&8213;or the hundreds of princely states? As British authority wanes, tensions among Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs smolder and increasingly flare into violent riots that threaten to ignite all India. Towering above it all is the frail but formidable figure of Gandhi, whom some revere as an apostle of nonviolence and others regard as a conniving Hindu politician. Students struggle to reconcile religious identity with nation building&8213;perhaps the most intractable and important issue of the modern world. Texts include the literature of Hindu revival (Chatterjee, Tagore, and Tilak); the Koran and the literature of Islamic nationalism (Iqbal); and the writings of Ambedkar, Nehru, Jinnah, and Gandhi.
LC Classification Number
DS480.45

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