Nehru

by Brown; Judith M.

• ISBN13: 9780582437500
• ISBN10: 0582437504
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2000-08-17
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Here is a study of a key twentieth-century statesman: Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964), one of the Indian nationalists who led India to independence in 1947, and, as Prime Minister from 1947 until his death, steered her through her early, formative years as one of the world's great nations. This is not a biography of Nehru - though the biographical details are clearly set out - but a study of Nehru as a figure of power. In it, Judith M. Brown explores a number of related themes. This account will reward anyone interested in the making of our modern world. One of its rewards is the general introduction it provides to the society and politics of India in the early and middle years of the century.

Author Biography

Judith M. Brown, a leading authority on modern india, is Beit Professor of Commonwealth History at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Balliol College

Table of Contents

List of Figures	vii
List of Maps	viii
Acknowledgements	ix
List of Abbreviations	xi
Introduction	1	(6)
A Vocation to Politics	7	(32)
The world of Indian politics in the late nineteenth century	7	(15)
The young Jawaharlal, 1889-1923	22	(17)
Apprentice to Power: Gandhi's Heir, 1923-c. 1945	39	(25)
The inner world	40	(7)
The world of governance and politics	47	(17)
The Transfer of Power: `Tryst with Destiny'	64	(29)
The constitutional transfer of power	65	(6)
Unfinished business: forging the nation	71	(6)
Making the state	77	(16)
The Visionary as Prime Minister	93	(43)
The establishment of dominance	96	(8)
The uses of power	104	(32)
The Limits of Power	136	(44)
State and society	139	(10)
The problem of resources	149	(8)
Relations with the wider world	157	(6)
Vision and reality	163	(12)
Epilogue	175	(5)
Conclusion	180	(9)
Bibliographical Essay	189	(4)
Chronology	193	(3)
Glossary	196	(3)
Maps	199	(6)
Index	205