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UNINA9910457924403321 |
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Autore |
Gould William <1973-> |
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Titolo |
Hindu nationalism and the language of politics in late colonial India / / William Gould [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2004 |
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1-107-14821-9 |
1-280-47783-0 |
0-511-19525-7 |
0-511-19591-5 |
0-511-19384-X |
0-511-31426-4 |
0-511-49739-3 |
0-511-19458-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xv, 302 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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Cambridge studies in Indian history and society ; ; 11 |
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Disciplina |
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Secularism - India |
Nationalism - India |
Religion and politics - India |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 276-286) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. Introduction -- 2. Congress and the Hindu nation : symbols, rhetoric and action -- 3. Muslims, mass movements and untouchable uplift -- 4. The Aryan Congress : history, youth and the 'Hindu race' -- 5. Congress radicals and Hindu militancy -- 6. Congress 'Raj', riots and Muslims mass contacts -- 7. Congress, Pakistan and volunteer militarism -- 8. Conclusion. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In this book William Gould explores what is arguably one of the most important and controversial themes in twentieth-century Indian history and politics: the nature of Hindu nationalism as an ideology and political language. Rather than concentrating on the main institutions of the Hindu Right in India as other studies have done, the author uses a variety of historical sources to analyse how Hindu nationalism affected the supposedly secularist Congress in the key state of Uttar |
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