State violence and punishment in India / Taylor C. Sherman
Material type: TextSeries: (Royal Asiatic Society books)Publication details: London; New York: Routledge, 2010Description: xi, 246 p.; 25 cmISBN: 9780415559706 (hardback : alk. paper); 0415559707 (hardback : alk. paper); 9780203865316 (ebook); 0203865316 (ebook)Subject(s): Political Violence -- India -- History | Violence -- India -- History | India -- Politics and GovernmentDDC classification: 954.035Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Books | Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 954.035 SHE/S (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P31142 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : state violence and punishment in India, 1919-56 -- Jallianwala Bagh, the Punjab disturbances of 1919, and the limits of state power in India, 1919-20 -- Disobedience and discord : the non-cooperation movement, 1920-25 -- Extra-judicial punishments and the civil disobedience movement, 1930-34 -- Legislating against communal violence : the United Provinces Goonda Act and the Bombay Whipping Act, 1929-38 -- The hunger strikes of the Lahore Conspiracy Case prisoners, 1929-39 -- The Second World War and India's coercive network, 1939-46 -- Partition and the transitional state in India, 1947-48 -- The police action in Hyderabad and the making of the postcolonial state in India, 1947-56 -- Conclusion : rethinking colonial punishment, reassessing postcolonial India.
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