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A Republic in the Making: India in the 1950s
Contributor(s): Kudaisya, Gyanesh (Author)

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ISBN: 0198098553     ISBN-13: 9780198098553
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
OUR PRICE: $28.45  

Binding Type: Hardcover
Published: September 2017
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Asia - India & South Asia
- History | Modern - 20th Century
- History | Social History
LCCN: 2017275861
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.4" W x 8" L (0.66 lbs) 250 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Indian
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
Features: Illustrated, Maps
 
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Publisher Description:
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.

The narrative on the 1950s is woven around certain key themes: the manner in which India moved away from conditions of disorder and turmoil to deal with the unfinished business of Partition; the cartographic reconstruction of India as a political space; the uncertain journey of its democratic
institutions; the crafting of inclusive citizenship amidst the ambiguities and anxieties surrounding the minorities; and finally, the audacious project of economic self-reliance through development planning and land reforms.

Presented as a broad-brush canvas, rather than a micro-history of the 1950s, this work offers insights into how India came to be transformed in critical ways to anchor itself as a resilient, democratic polity, increasingly coming to terms with societal diversity and heterogeneity. It shall be useful
to those interested in unraveling the trails and tracks of India's exciting journey in its formative decade as a new nation.

 
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