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Brass, Paul R.

The production of Hindu-Muslim violence in contemporary India/ Paul R. Brass - New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2003. - xix, 476 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - (Jackson School publications in international studies) .

Explaining communal violence --
Aligarh: politics, population, and social organization --
Hindu-Muslim violence in India and Aligarh --
The great Aligarh riots of December 1990 and January 1991 --
The control of communal conflict in Aligarh --
The geography and demography of riots --
The economics of riots: economic competition and victimization --
Riots and elections --
The practice of communal politics --
Communalization and polarization: selected constituency-wise results for Aligarh elections --
Communal solidarity and division at the local level --
The decline of communal violence and the transformation of electoral competition --
Riot interpretation, blame displacement, and the communal discourse --
Police views of Hindu-Muslim violence --
The role of the media The persistence of Hindu-Muslim violence: the dynamics of riot production.

ISBN: 0195664884

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Muslims
Communalism
Hindus
Social conflict--Political aspects
Interfaith relations

Dewey Class. No.: 303.62 / BRA/T