Автор: Ian Copland
Название: India 1885-1947: The Unmaking of an Empire
Издательство: Routledge
Год: 2001
ISBN: 978-0582381735
Язык: English
Формат: pdf
Размер: 15,9 mb
Страниц: 160
The establishment of the Indian National Congress in 1885 marked a turning point in modern South Asian history. At the time, few grasped the significance of the event, nor understood the power that its leader would come to wield. From humble beginnings, the Congress led by Gandhi would go on to spearhead India's fight for independence from British rule: in 1947 it succeeded the British Raj as the regional ruling power. Ian Copland provides both a narrative and analysis of the process by which Indians and Pakistanis emancipated themselves from the seemingly iron-clad yoke of British imperialism. In so doing, he goes to the heart of what sets modern India apart from most other countries in the region its vigorous democracy.
Preface ix
Author's Acknowledgements xi
Publisher's Acknowledgements xi
List of Abbreviations xii
Maps xiii
Chronology xvi
PART ONE: THE BACKGROUND 1
RULERS AND SUBJECTS 3
The Power of the Sword 3
Collaboration 7
The Limited Raj 11
PART TWO: ANALYSIS 1 5
2 IMPERIAL DILEMMAS 17
The Illusion of Permanence 17
Benefits and Costs 20
Macaulay's Children 24
The Devolution of Power 25
3 NATIONALISM 31
Indian 'Unrest' 31
Nationalist Imaginings 36
Christmas Tamashas 39
The Coming of the Mahatma 45
Non-Cooperation and After 49
4 MUSLIM SEPARATISM 53
The Numbers Game 53
The 'Parting of the Ways' 57
Homelands 60
5 HANDING OVER 64
The Catalyst of War 64
Towards Partition 70
Mottled Dawn 75
PART THREE: ASSESSMENT 81
6 THE GIFT OF FREEDOM 83
PART FOUR: DOCUMENTS 89
Glossary 118
Who's Who 120
Bibliography 126
Index 130
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