Developing India An Intellectual and Social History, c. 1930-50

by Zachariah, Benjamin

• ISBN13: 9780195670585
• ISBN10: 0195670582
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-09-29
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary

"This unusual work delves into the underlying nations of progress, self-government, and nation building in developmental goals articulated in India in the late colonial period. The author considers how ideas of 'development' in India took shape in the 1930s and 1940s driven by immediate political battles, yet inspired by a vision of the future that incorporated notions of freedom and equity. He carries the narrative into the fifties, drawing on a variety of intellectual resources." "The book opens up a new arena in the historiography of South Asia, that of an intellectual history of late colonialism in India, and of the nationalism that succeeded it. It will attract scholars and students of history, sociology, politics, urban studies, and cultural studies, as also historians of science and technology."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

ZACHARIAH, BENJAMIN

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	vii
Preface	ix
Introduction	1	(24)
The Context	25	(55)
A Reformed Imperium?	80	(76)
The Debate on Gandhian Ideas	156	(55)
Development: Possible Nations	211	(80)
Conclusions	291	(10)
Glossary	301	(5)
Select Bibliography	306	(20)
Index	326