Political Mobilization and Identity in Western India, 1934-47 (Sage Series in Modern Indian History)

✍ Scribed by Shri Krishan

• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 282
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This volume examines the socioeconomic and cultural contexts of peasant mobilization in India from 1934 to 1947. It focuses on: the lived experiences of peasants oppressed both by the landlord and the colonial state; the modalities and methods of mobilization; the relationship between the leaders and their followers; the nature of crowd action; and the role played by religious symbolism and popular culture during such mobilization. This study on the politics of the masses, their aspirations and demands, the articulation of their problems and their collective endeavour will be crucial reading for anyone wanting to understand the nature of social movements in 20th century India.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 8
Series Editors’ Preface......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 17
Introduction......Page 19
The Socio-Economic Fabric of Bombay’s Countryside......Page 48
Peasants, Parties and Politics: 1934–47......Page 91
Survival, Contested Power and the Polyphonic Tribal Resistance in Western India: 1934–47......Page 143
Strategies of Dalit Mobilization: Caste Structure and the Politics of Mobilization......Page 184
Crowd Vigour and Social Identity: The Quit India Movement in Western India......Page 211
Conclusion......Page 248
Glossary......Page 258
Bibliography......Page 262
Index......Page 276
About the Author......Page 282