TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kudaisya, Gyanesh.
TI  - Region, nation, "heartland": Uttar Pradesh in India's body politic/ 
SN  - 0761935193
U1  - 954.03 
PY  - 2006///.
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - SAGE, 
KW  - Regional planning
KW  - India--Uttar Pradesh
KW  - Politics and government
N1  - 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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