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Nehru: a political life /

Brown, Judith M.

Nehru: a political life / Judith M. Brown - New Delhi; Oxford University Press, 2003. - xvi, 407 p.: ill., maps.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1 An Imperial Heritage, 1889-1920
1 India and the British Raj: Opportunity and Challenge -- 2 The Young Nehru: Privilege and Promise -- 3 The Turning Point

Part 2 The Ambiguities of Mass Nationalism, 1920-1939
4 The Making of a Politician -- 5 A Radical Bound, 1926-31 -- 6 Whither India? -- 7 Isolation

Part 3 The Tragedies of an Imperial Ending, 1939-1948
8 The Experience of War, 1939-1945 -- 9 The Experience of Independence, 1945-1948

Part 4 Founding a Nation, 1948-1956
10 Imagining the Nation -- 11 Structuring the Nation -- 12 Forging the Nation -- 13 Creating an International Identity

Part 5 Frustration of Vision, 1957-1964
14 The Realities of Democratic Leadership -- 15 A New India? -- 16 The Erosion of Authority

ISBN: 0195667956

Subjects--Topical Terms:
History--Political History
Political Leader--Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru--Biography

Dewey Class. No.: 954.042092 / BRO/N