Desi Dreams Indian Immigrant Women Build Lives Across Two Worlds

Author : Ashidhara Das

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Publisher : Primus Books     Year : 2012

ISBN : 9789380607474

Category : Women Studies#

Cross-Cultural Management Practice and Research

Author : Neelu Rohmetra

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Publisher : Primus Books     Year : 2014

ISBN : 9789380607719

Category : Culture

India Through American Eyes 100 Years Ago

Author : Pran Nevile

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Publisher : Primus Books     Year : 2014

ISBN : 9789380607566

Category : History#

Maritime India Trade, Religion And Polity in The Indian Ocean

Author : Pius Malekandathil

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This book dwells upon a wide range of issues, including the nature of maritime trade of the Sassanids with India; the impact of maritime trade on the political processes of Goa; the social processes linked with the settlements of foreign merchant groups in India; the nature of the Portuguese expansion in coastal India; and the nuances of political assertions over maritime centres of exchange and their hinterlands. The work also discusses in some detail the repercussions of the Ottoman expansion into the Indian Ocean, the impact of Portuguese commercial expansion on the traditional Muslim merchants of Kerala, the changing methods of information-networking between coastal India and the Mediterranean, the burgeoning of Portuguese power units in Bengal, and the role of private traders in the structure and the functioning of Estado da India.

Publisher : Primus Books     Year : 2013

ISBN : 9789380607832

Category : History#

Contesting Colonialism and Separatism Muslims of Muzaffarpur Since 1857

Author : Mohammad Sajjad

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Contesting Colonialism and Separatism: Muslims of Muzaffarpur Since 1857 is an account of the Muslim communities of Muzaffarpur in north Bihar, and explores the history of the area, the socio-political behaviour of ?the Muslim communities, their economic conditions and negotiations for a share in the power-structure. This ?study is presented in three segments: (a) the political evolution of the area during the colonial era through an exploration of the sub-regional socio-political setting; (b) the participation of the Muslims of this area in the Congress-led movements till the 1930s, narrating the largely untold story of Muslim resistance to the Muslim ?League's politics of territorial separatism, despite their grievances against and alienation from the Congress during 1937-47; and (c) their post-independence experiences and political anxieties, problems and prospects. This book attempts to look at history from both a national as well as local perspectives, describing the broader events of Indian politics in the context of the local political system as it evolved, and the participation as well as location of the Muslim communities in those events and processes. Inter-community cooperation and harmony prevailed over divisive politics even during the most vitiated atmosphere of 1946-7. Tracing the trajectory of Contesting Colonialism and Separatism: Muslims of Muzaffarpur Since 1857 is an account of the Muslim communities of Muzaffarpur in north Bihar, and explores the history of the area, the socio-political behaviour of ?the Muslim communities, their economic conditions and negotiations for a share in the power-structure.

Publisher : Primus Books     Year : 2014

ISBN : 9789384082048

Category : History#

Thuggee Banditry and the British in Early Nineteenth-Century India

Author : Kim A. Wagner

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Thuggee: Banditry and the British in Early Nineteenth-Century India Often described merely as a colonial construction, the phenomenon of Thuggee remains one of the more contentious and controversial subjects of nineteenth-century South Asian history. Based largely on new material, this book constitutes the first indepth examination of Thuggee as a type of banditry, which emerged in a specific socioeconomic and geographic context. Thuggee did not constitute a caste-like identity, and was a means of obtaining a livelihood reverted to by all strata of Indian society in certain areas. As such it constituted a highly institutionalised social practice related to issues of patronage and retainership, identity and legitimacy, and it was defined by the appropriation of high status rituals and the martial ethos. A history of Thuggee cannot be written independently of the history of British rule in India, yet by reading colonial records against the grain, and relying on the broadest range of sources available, it is nevertheless possible to overcome some of the difficulties associated with the study of crime in a colonial context. The history of Thugs need no longer be limited to the study of their representations and in this book, Wagner seeks to reconstruct and historicize Thuggee as a social phenomenon-as less than the sacrificial cult constructed by the British, yet more than the colonial phantasmagoria counterposited by post-colonial scholars. Contents: List of Maps and Illustrations Preface to the South Asian Edition Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Abbreviated Sources Glossary Introduction Thuggee Reassessed Engaging The Colonial Archives of Repression Thuggee in Pre-Colonial India The Discovery of Thuggee, Etawah 1809 Crime, Law and Order in Early Colonial India James Law and the Initial Findings Regulations and the Irregular Corps The Report of Mr Wright Thomas Perry and the First Arrests The Trial of Ghulam Hussain Thomas Perry

Publisher : Primus Books     Year : 2014

ISBN : 9789380607764

Category : History#

State, Society And Ecology Gorakhpur in Transition 1750-1830

Author : Meena Bhargava

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State, Society And Ecology, Gorakhpur In Transition examines the specificities and peculiarities of Gorakhpur in the period of transition, viz., c. 1750-1830. While it reinforces the notions of growth and development, continuity and change, and thereby widens the transition debate juxtaposing it with colonial discourse and orientalism, its major contribution is its attempt to redefine economic history and focus on new ways of studying economic history. The issues which it discusses, gives it a definite tilt towards social history. It studies ecology and forests; people - their caste compositions and affiliations, their history and culture; and economic growth, social change and the changing political traditions. This work is significant for it clearly understands, and, therefore, encompasses within it the shift in academic research and academic curriculum towards social history, sociological and anthropological perspectives of history and an inter-disciplinary approach to the study of various societal issues. Also, in keeping with the trend of regional studies, this work stands to understand the various focuses and processes through the region of Gorakhpur. Salient features In the recent years, scholars have been extensively engaged in the study of the transition period in India, i.e. eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It is through the study of different regions that they have focused on the phenomenon of change and continuity, growth and development and transitions to colonialism. Most of these works are macro-regional. This book, on the contrary, examines these issues nevertheless with a difference, at the micro-level. The micro-study of Gorakhpur has appeared compelling and essential for a variety of reasons. The sources on Gorakhpur are rich and extant, yet there has been no work on Gorakhpur for the transition period.

Publisher : Primus Books     Year : 2014

ISBN : 9789380607603

Category : Culture#

Oceanscapes Tamil Textiles in the Early MOdern World

Author : S. Jeyaseela Stephen

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Publisher : Primus Books     Year : 2014

ISBN : 9789380607573

Category : History#

Beyond The Private World Indian Women in the Public Sphere

Author : Subrata Bagchi

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Beyond the Private World explores the status of Indian women, through the ages, in the framework of the private-public dichotomy, as reflected in their lives. Keeping in mind the Habermasian concept of 'public sphere' as a reference point, yet mindful of the incongruity between the Eurocentric ideas and the Indian reality this collection of essays appraises the position of Indian women in the pre-modern period with reference to tradition. It also provides glimpses of the various social movements and struggles to overcome patriarchy as well as the nationalist/democratic movements in colonial and post-colonial India that filtered into the 'private sphere' and transformed it. The book analyses the connection between Indian modernity and women's changing position since the colonial period. It also seeks to stress the fact that the trajectory of Indian women's participation in the public sphere is profoundly influenced by the tensions of differential gender relations within the social groups - such as caste, class, religion, community and tribe. By exploring the continuities and changes, the book argues that mounting gender violence thwarts gender equity which in turn necessitates collective movements through well-built women's agencies.

Publisher : Primus Books     Year : 2014

ISBN : 9789384082024

Category : Women Studies#

Democracy And The Crisis of Inequality

Author : Zoya Hasan

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There are several important themes that define India's contemporary politics. The essays in this anthology focus on some of the critical developments and the ways in which long-standing structures of society and the working of democracy have reconfigured Indian political society. Many of them examine important aspects of democratic politics after Nehru. Many look at the debates over secularism, representation, redistribution, social justice, and caste, class and gender, and the changing nature of the State in the wake of globalization and liberalization. Besides, they explore the politics and policy of group differentiated rights, regional politics, caste assertion, minority rights and women's rights and how these endeavours have impacted the pursuit of equality in India. India is famous for its democracy; its government's are elected by its citizens at regular intervals. India has consolidated a democratic system despite the absence of the preconditions often associated with democracy in the 1950s when India first became a democratic, secular republic. From the late 1980s legislatures have become more socially representative contributing to a shift in the balance of political power in the state and society. But in the process Indian democracy has also become predominantly a means of electoral empowerment of different groups--lower castes, dalits, or even majoritarian Hindus who claim to have been weakened by the privileges accorded to religious minorities. India has not been successful in reducing inequalities between its citizens. The inequalities in wealth and income have not been reduced; an unconscionably large number of people are poor even by the most modest standards of living; universal literacy is yet to be realized; a high dropout rate from schools and a very small proportion of the population go on to higher education.

Publisher : Primus Books     Year : 2014

ISBN : 9789380607894

Category : Political Science#

Literature As HIstory From Early to Contemporary Times

Author : Chhanda Chatterjee

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Publisher : Primus Books     Year : 2014

ISBN : 9789384082031

Category : History

Interrogating Politics & Society Twentieth-Century Indian Subcontinent

Author : Suranjan Das

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About the Book: Interrogating Politics and Society: Twentieth-Century Indian Subcontinent Interrogating Politics and Society: Twentieth-Century Indian Subcontinent broadly addresses three themes relevant to South Asian history: communalism, nationalism and the social underworld. Focusing on communal riots and patterns of communal mobilizations in twentieth-century subcontinent, the essays in this volume enrich our understanding of an issue that continues to plague our body politic. Bengals involvement with Indias freedom struggle highlights an intermingling of mainstream nationalism and various forms of protest politics, a theme which has also been dealt with in the volume. In examining the underworld of Bengal, Interrogating Politics intermingles social history and political history. By way of new insights on crime and criminality, the book studies the goondas, a part of Calcuttas underworld, and the dacoits of nineteenth-century rural Bengal. Hopefully, this volume will renew an interest in political history at a time when in current Indian historiography academic preoccupations lie with economic and social history and interdisciplinary studies. It should be of interest to both practitioners of history and the general reader. Contents: Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Communal Violence in Twentieth-Century Colonial Bengal: An Analytical Framework Propaganda and the Legitimization of Communal Ideology: Patterns and Trends in Bengal, 1905-1947 The Communal Challenge in Bengal Politics, 1940-1947 The 1992 Calcutta Riot in Historical Continuum: A Relapse into Communal Fury? Knowledge for Politics: Partisan Histories and Communal Mobilization in India and Pakistan Calcutta in Turmoil: April 1919 The Politics of Agitation: Calcutta 1912-1947 Nationalism and Popular Consciousness: Bengal 1942 The Indian National Congress and the Dynamics of Nation-Building: Aspects of Continuity and Change The Goondas

Publisher : Primus Books     Year : 2014

ISBN : 9789380607771

Category : Politics#