The Politics of the Urban Poor in Early Twentieth-Century India (Hardcover)

Nandini Gooptu's magisterial history of the Indian urban poor represents a tour-de-force. By focusing on the role of the poor in caste, religious and national politics, the author demonstrates how they emerged as a major social factor in South Asia during the interwar period. The empirical material provides compelling insights into what it meant to be poor and how the impoverished dealt with their predicament. In this way, the book contributes to some of the most crucial debates on the nature of subaltern politics and consciousness.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Studies in Indian History and Society
Release date:	July 2001
First published:	2001
Authors:	Nandini Gooptu
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	490
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-44366-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Urban communities Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
LSN:	0-521-44366-0
Barcode:	9780521443661

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