LEADER 02609nam 22006494a 450 001 9910777996003321 005 20080407035635.0 010 $a1-282-92328-5 010 $a9786612923289 010 $a0-8223-8991-6 024 7 $a10.1515/9780822389910 035 $a(CKB)1000000000758156 035 $a(EBL)1170554 035 $a(OCoLC)220949928 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000391624 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12121143 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000391624 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10346471 035 $a(PQKB)10906397 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1170554 035 $a(OCoLC)1142925339 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse79654 035 $a220949928 035 $a(DE-B1597)553975 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780822389910 035 $a(OCoLC)1224278516 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000758156 100 $a20080407d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBeyond belief$b[electronic resource] $eIndia and the politics of postcolonial nationalism /$fSrirupa Roy 210 $aDurham $cDuke University Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (265 p.) 225 1 $aPolitics, history, and culture 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8223-4001-1 311 $a0-8223-3984-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [219]-235) and index. 327 $aIntroduction : Imagining institutions, instituting diversity : toward a theory of nation-state formation -- Moving pictures : the Films Division of India and the visual practices of the nation-state -- Marching in time : Republic Day parades and the ritual practices of the nation-state -- Indian darkness : science, development, and the needs discourse of the nation-state -- Cities of hope : steel townships and the spatial practices of the nation-state -- Conclusion : after midnight. 330 $aExamines the formation of the nation-state in postcolonial India, how it worked to create an identity for itself, to what extent it succeeded, and what may be the prospects for unity in a widely diverse country. 410 0$aPolitics, history, and culture. 606 $aNationalism$zIndia$xHistory 606 $aNation-state 607 $aIndia$xPolitics and government$y1947- 615 0$aNationalism$xHistory. 615 0$aNation-state. 676 $a320.540954 700 $aRoy$b Srirupa$01488164 801 0$bNcD 801 1$bNcD 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777996003321 996 $aBeyond belief$93815386 997 $aUNINA