India 1885-1947 The Unmaking of an Empire

Name: India 1885-1947 The Unmaking of an Empire
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ISBN: 9780582381735

ISBN-10: 0582381738

ISBN-13: 9780582381735

Edition: 2001

Authors: Ian Copland

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India's struggle for indepENDence is an extraordinary story. The pivotal question posed by this book is how a valued and seemingly permanent imperial possession - the "jewel in the crown" - came to be given its freedom only sixty years after the establishment of the Congress National Congress in 1885. On the face of it, decolonisation seems to have been the direct result of nationalist pressure, but Ian Copland suggests that the reality was more complex - he gives the full social, political and economic context up to the transfer of power in 1947. The account covers * the Indian National Congress * the central figure of Gandhi * the first years of indepENDence Helpful features include a…

Book details

List price: $38.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 9/10/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Introduction to the Series


Note on Referencing System


Preface


Author's Acknowledgements


Publisher's Acknowledgements


List of Abbreviations


Maps


Chronology



The Background



Rulers and Subjects


The Power of the Sword


Collaboration


The Limited Raj



Analysis



Imperial Dilemmas


The Illusion of Permanence


Benefits and Costs


Macaulay's Children


The Devolution of Power



Nationalism


Indian 'Unrest'


Nationalist Imaginings


Christmas Tamashas


The Coming of the Mahatma


Non-Cooperation and After



Muslim Separatism


The Numbers Game


The 'Parting of the Ways'


Homelands



Handing Over


The Catalyst of War


Towards Partition


Mottled Dawn



Assessment



The Gift of Freedom



Documents


Glossary


Who's Who


Bibliography


Index