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Republic in the Making
Gyanesh Kudaisya
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Description for Republic in the Making
Hardback. This book takes a critical look at India in the momentous 1950s. It looks at the colossal challenges which India faced after Independence. It considers the key ideas, paths, and trajectories which were articulated in these years. Num Pages: 250 pages, 3 Tables, 8 photographs, 7 cartoons. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 190 x 280. .
This work takes a critical look at India in the 1950s, a momentous decade in its contemporary history. It looks at the colossal challenges which India faced in its years after Independence and conveys a sense of the hopes and aspirations, dilemmas and anxieties of its political leadership. It considers the key ideas, paths, and trajectories which were articulated in these years and have left an enduring imprint upon the Republic's fabric as we know it today. The values and personalities from that decade continue to remain a frame of reference, a benchmark for public life in present-day India. ... Read more
This work takes a critical look at India in the 1950s, a momentous decade in its contemporary history. It looks at the colossal challenges which India faced in its years after Independence and conveys a sense of the hopes and aspirations, dilemmas and anxieties of its political leadership. It considers the key ideas, paths, and trajectories which were articulated in these years and have left an enduring imprint upon the Republic's fabric as we know it today. The values and personalities from that decade continue to remain a frame of reference, a benchmark for public life in present-day India. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
Number of Pages
250
Place of Publication
New Delhi, India
ISBN
9780198098553
SKU
V9780198098553
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About Gyanesh Kudaisya
Gyanesh Kudaisya is Associate Professor, South Asian Studies Programme, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Reviews for Republic in the Making
Kudaisya's A Republic in the Making will make a welcome addition to my bookshelf.
Howard Brasted, University of New England, Asian Journal of Social Science
There is no doubt that Kudaisya offers a lucid, informative, and thoughtful analysis ofthe Nehru years ... His book will nonetheless be a staple reading on the Nehru years of the Indian republic ... Read more
Howard Brasted, University of New England, Asian Journal of Social Science
There is no doubt that Kudaisya offers a lucid, informative, and thoughtful analysis ofthe Nehru years ... His book will nonetheless be a staple reading on the Nehru years of the Indian republic ... Read more