India 1885-1947: The Unmaking of an Empire

by Copland; Ian

• ISBN13: 9780582381735
• ISBN10: 0582381738
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780582381735, 9780582381735
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780582381735, 9780582381735
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2001-09-10
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

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 biographical guide to the main protagonists and a chronological outline of the main events. IAN COPLAND is Associate Professor of History at Monash University, Australia.

Author Biography

Ian Copland teaches history at Monash University, Australia and has written widely on the history of India.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Series	vii
Note on Referencing System	viii
Preface	ix
Author's Acknowledgements	xi
Publisher's Acknowledgements	xi
List of Abbreviations	xii
Maps	xiii
Chronology	xvi
PART ONE: THE BACKGROUND	1	(14)
Rulers and Subjects	3	(12)
The Power of the Sword	3	(4)
Collaboration	7	(4)
The Limited Raj	11	(4)
PART TWO: ANALYSIS	15	(66)
Imperial Dilemmas	17	(14)
The Illusion of Permanence	17	(3)
Benefits and Costs	20	(4)
Macaulay's Children	24	(1)
The Devolution of Power	25	(6)
Nationalism	31	(22)
Indian `Unrest'	31	(5)
Nationalist Imaginings	36	(3)
Christmas Tamashas	39	(6)
The Coming of the Mahatma	45	(4)
Non-Cooperation and After	49	(4)
Muslim Separatism	53	(11)
The Numbers Game	53	(4)
The `Parting of the Ways'	57	(3)
Homelands	60	(4)
Handing Over	64	(17)
The Catalyst of War	64	(6)
Towards Partition	70	(5)
Mottled Dawn	75	(6)
PART THREE: ASSESSMENT	81	(8)
The Gift of Freedom	83	(6)
PART FOUR: DOCUMENTS	89	(29)
Glossary	118	(2)
Who's Who	120	(6)
Bibliography	126	(4)
Index	130