The Emergence of Provincial Politics : The Madras Presidency 1870-1920 (Cambridge South Asian Studies)

Washbrook, D. A.

Cambridge University Press（2008/01発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 372 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780521053457
• DDC分類 954.82035

Full Description

This book examines an important period of transition in the political structure of South India. The first three-quarters of a century of British rule, down to the 1870s, had effectively torn apart and fragmented the political institutions of the South, and had left a highly parochial political society in which loyalties seldom extended beyond face-to-face relationships and power was extremely localized. This lack of significant supra-local political connections contributed to the Madras Presidency's reputation as the most 'benighted' of all Indian provinces.

Contents

Preface; Abbreviations, notes on references and spelling; Introduction; 1. The Madras Presidency; 2. The governance of Madras; 3. The political economy of Madras; 4. Local structures of political power; 5. The emergence of provincial politics; 6. The vocabulary of communal politics; 7. The Home Rule League, Justice Party and Congress; Conclusion; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.