Books+ Search Results
India in the shadows of empire a legal and political history, 1774-1950
Author
Title
India in the shadows of empire [electronic resource] : a legal and political history, 1774-1950 / Mithi Mukherjee.
ISBN
9780199080151 (ebook) :
Published
New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xxxviii, 278 p.)
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Description based on print version record.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Explaining the postcolonial Indian polity by presenting an alternative historical narrative of the British Empire in India and India's struggle for independence, this book follows two strands: firstly, the role of imperial judicial practices and institutions in the making of both the British Empire and the anti-colonial movement under the Congress, with the lawyer as political leader. Secondly, it shows that Gandhi's non-violent resistance movement was anchored not in western discourses of political and legislative freedom but rather in Indic traditions of renunciative freedom.
Variant and related titles
Oxford scholarship online.
Other formats
Print version
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 01, 2015
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects
Also listed under
Oxford University Press.
Bookmark As
Citation
