{"product_id":"independence-and-partition-the-erosion-of-colonial-power-in-india","title":"Independence and Partition - The erosion of Colonial Power in India","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Sucheta Mahajan\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Sage Publications\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2000\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 425\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 8170368367\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe focus of the book is on the role of nationalist forces in the developing crisis of the colonial state in its last years. It critiques the agenda of Western-dominated scholarship on India and ploughs an impendent path in the writing of the history of the Indian people's struggle against imperialism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Sage Series in Modern Indian History brings together historical studies that share a broad common historiographic focus. This, the first volume in the series, is a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of a defining period in India’s recent part-the attainment of independence and the simultaneous division of the subcontinent. Exploring the interplay of imperial, national and communal forces during the freedom movement, Sucheta Mahajan highlights the contradictory reality of an independence that also brought partition in its wake. She provides an insightful view of an era which marked the end of colonial rule in India while being a crucial phase during which the foundations of independent India’s polity were laid.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSucheta Mahajan establishes that Indian independence was neither a voluntary withdrawal nor a magnanimous gift from the British, but the inevitable result of the erosion of colonial power in the face of the nationalist challenge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA special feature of the book-which is based on extensive research, interviews and hitherto unutilized documents-is that it treats independence and partition as inter-related themes. It also weaves together into an integral history the diverse strands of imperial policy, the national movement and communal politics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith its bold new reassessment combined with its contemporary relevance, this book will be of considerable interest to students and scholars of modern Indian history, the freedom movement and partition, as well as to all those in the fields of sociology and political science.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeries Editors’ Preface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART I: BACKGROUND\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNationalist Activity and Government response at the End of the War\u003cbr\u003ePlanning of the Political Offer, the Simla Conference and its Breakdown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART II: IMPERIALISM AND NATIONALISM\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCongress Strategy and Popular Nationalist Activity \u003cbr\u003ePopular Movements: Myth and Reality\u003cbr\u003eImperial Hegemony and Colonial Policy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART III: IMPERIALISM, NATIONALISM AND COMMUNALISM\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnite and Quit\u003cbr\u003eDecide on a Date and Quit\u003cbr\u003eDivide and Quit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART IV: NATIONALISM AND COMMUNALISM\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCongress and the Muslim League’s Demand for Pakistan\u003cbr\u003eTwo Faces of Hindu Communalism: Majority Reaction, Minority Fears\u003cbr\u003eHindu Communal Pressure on the Congress\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART V: DENOUEMENT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCongress Accepts Partition\u003cbr\u003eWhy Gandhi Accepted the Decision to Partition India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAppendix\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSelect Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Sucheta Mahajan \/ Sage Publications \/ Paperback","offer_id":68153728008560,"sku":"7817","price":27.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/7817.jpg?v=1793913221","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/independence-and-partition-the-erosion-of-colonial-power-in-india","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}