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Region, nation, "heartland": Uttar Pradesh in India's body politic/ Gyanesh Kudaisya.

By: Kudaisya, GyaneshMaterial type: Text

TextSeries: Sage series in modern Indian history, 10Publication details: New Delhi: SAGE, c2006Description: xxvi, 471 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cmISBN: 0761935193Subject(s): Regional planning | India--Uttar Pradesh | Politics and governmentDDC classification: 954.03

Contents:

Part I: Introduction 1.Introduction: The "heartland" and its setting; five constructions of the "heartland"; review of literature; structure of this book Part II: The Colonial "Heartland" 2. The framework of Pax Britannica in Uttar Pradesh: Colonial policing; urban environment and colonial authority; colonial authority and criminal laws; a colonial framework for UP -- 3. The institutions of the colonial "heartland", colonial army and public order; colonial policing: "The Thin Blue Line"; landlords as agents of control; baiting the politician. Part III: The Nationalist "Heartland" 4. "Civil Disobedience" and "Civil Martial Law" in Uttar Pradesh, 1930-34: Public discourse, colonial authority; contesting authority: The spatial dimension; colonial responses up to March 1931; from the Gandhi-Irwin Pact to "No-Rent"; reasserting authority: "Civil Martial Law" -- 5. The congress ministry and the erosion of the colonial 'heartland", 1937-39 -- 6. Colonial authority, war years and transition Part IV: The Postcolonial "Heartland" 7. The making of a "regional" postcolonial polity, 1947-54 Independence: Independence day celebrations; renaming the "heartland"; dismantling the Muslim "heartland"; the "Hindi heartland"; state reorganization and UP's regional identity.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Reference Books	Central Library, Sikkim University Reference	Reference Collection	954.03 KUD/R.V10 P06-CL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan		P41205

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: Introduction
1.Introduction: The "heartland" and its setting; five constructions of the "heartland"; review of literature; structure of this book

Part II: The Colonial "Heartland"
2. The framework of Pax Britannica in Uttar Pradesh: Colonial policing; urban environment and colonial authority; colonial authority and criminal laws; a colonial framework for UP -- 3. The institutions of the colonial "heartland", colonial army and public order; colonial policing: "The Thin Blue Line"; landlords as agents of control; baiting the politician.

Part III: The Nationalist "Heartland"
4. "Civil Disobedience" and "Civil Martial Law" in Uttar Pradesh, 1930-34: Public discourse, colonial authority; contesting authority: The spatial dimension; colonial responses up to March 1931; from the Gandhi-Irwin Pact to "No-Rent"; reasserting authority: "Civil Martial Law" -- 5. The congress ministry and the erosion of the colonial 'heartland", 1937-39 -- 6. Colonial authority, war years and transition

Part IV: The Postcolonial "Heartland"
7. The making of a "regional" postcolonial polity, 1947-54 Independence: Independence day celebrations; renaming the "heartland"; dismantling the Muslim "heartland"; the "Hindi heartland"; state reorganization and UP's regional identity.

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