Imperial Power And Popular Politics

Author : Rajnarayan Chandavarkar
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1998-06-11
Category : History
ISBN : 0521596920

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Imperial Power and Popular Politics by Rajnarayan Chandavarkar Pdf

In this series of interconnected essays, Rajnarayan Chandavarkar offers a powerful revisionist analysis of the relationship between class and politics in India between the Mutiny and Independence. Dr Chandavarkar rejects the 'Orientalist' view of Indian social and economic development as exceptional and somehow distinct from that prevailing in capitalist societies elsewhere, and reasserts the critical role of the working classes in shaping the pattern of Indian capitalist development. Sustained in argument and elegant in exposition, these essays represent a major contribution not only to the history of the Indian working classes, but to the history of industrial capitalism and colonialism as a whole. Imperial Power and Popular Politics will be essential reading for all scholars and students of recent political, economic, and social history, social theory, and cultural and colonial studies.--Publisher description.

Author : Stephen R. MacKinnon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : History
ISBN : UCAL:B4903064

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Power and Politics in Late Imperial China by Stephen R. MacKinnon Pdf

Author : Jane Burbank,Frederick Cooper
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781400834709

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Empires in World History by Jane Burbank,Frederick Cooper Pdf

How empires have used diversity to shape the world order for more than two millennia Empires—vast states of territories and peoples united by force and ambition—have dominated the political landscape for more than two millennia. Empires in World History departs from conventional European and nation-centered perspectives to take a remarkable look at how empires relied on diversity to shape the global order. Beginning with ancient Rome and China and continuing across Asia, Europe, the Americas, and Africa, Jane Burbank and Frederick Cooper examine empires' conquests, rivalries, and strategies of domination—with an emphasis on how empires accommodated, created, and manipulated differences among populations. Burbank and Cooper examine Rome and China from the third century BCE, empires that sustained state power for centuries. They delve into the militant monotheism of Byzantium, the Islamic Caliphates, and the short-lived Carolingians, as well as the pragmatically tolerant rule of the Mongols and Ottomans, who combined religious protection with the politics of loyalty. Burbank and Cooper discuss the influence of empire on capitalism and popular sovereignty, the limitations and instability of Europe's colonial projects, Russia's repertoire of exploitation and differentiation, as well as the "empire of liberty"—devised by American revolutionaries and later extended across a continent and beyond. With its investigation into the relationship between diversity and imperial states, Empires in World History offers a fresh approach to understanding the impact of empires on the past and present.

Author : Efe Can Gürcan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000504989

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Imperialism after the Neoliberal Turn by Efe Can Gürcan Pdf

This book explores how imperialism has been evolving in the neoliberal era, with the aim of providing a systematic and integrative understanding of the inner dynamics and vulnerabilities of the contemporary imperialist system. Asking how it has been possible to sustain an imperialist system that fails to address the problems of unemployment, declining standards of living and globalizing conflicts, the author draws upon theoretical and empirical contributions from the current literature to further recent efforts at re-conceptualizing imperialism under the conditions of neoliberal globalization and advances a critique of the school of transnationalism in global political economy. The author puts forward that contemporary imperialism rests on a triangular structure composed of (a) economic imperialism, which is driven by a neoliberal logic of maximizing monopoly profits at massive societal costs; (b) military imperialism, which is shaped by the neoliberal transformation of the US military-industrial complex with the rise of private armies, the globalization of narcocapitalism, and the weaponization of Islamist terrorism and ethno-religious divides; and (c) cultural imperialism, which is led by the media- and nonprofit-corporate complexes, having weaponized the media and civil society in manufacturing popular consent. The book’s arguments are also extended to the current challenges of imperialism embodied in the rise of the BRICS, post-hegemonic forms of regional cooperation, and global popular resistance. As such, it will appeal to scholars of politics and sociology with interests in globalization, imperialism, capitalism, and global power.

Author : Michael Harris
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781789043686

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Welcome to the Rebellion by Michael Harris Pdf

What does it mean that our most popular modern myth is a radical left story about fighting corporate authoritarianism? From its roots in the 1960s new left, Star Wars still speaks to millions of people today. By design, the saga mirrors our own time and politics. A real empire of corporate domination has arisen within weakened and corrupted republics. Now it threatens our existence on a planetary scale. But the popularity of Star Wars also suggests that if we tell the right stories, we can welcome many more people to the rebellion and the fight for a better world...

Author : Samir Puri
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-02-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781643136691

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The Shadows of Empire by Samir Puri Pdf

A masterful, thought-provoking, and wide-ranging study of how the vestiges of the imperial era shape society today. In this groundbreaking narrative, The Shadows of Empire explains (in the vein of The Silk Roads and Prisoners of Geography) how the world’s imperial legacies still shape our lives—as well as the thorniest issues we face today. For the first time in millennia we live without formal empires. But that doesn’t mean we don’t feel their presence rumbling through history. From Russia’s incursions in the Ukraine to Brexit; from Trump’s America-First policy to China’s forays into Africa; from Modi’s India to the hotbed of the Middle East, Samir Puri provides a bold new framework for understanding the world’s complex rivalries and politics. Organized by region, and covering vital topics such as security, foreign policy, national politics and commerce, The Shadows of Empire combines gripping history and astute analysis to explain why the history of empire affects us all in profound ways; it is also a plea for greater awareness, both as individuals and as nations, of how our varied imperial pasts have contributed to why we see the world in such different ways.

Author : David Hardiman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780197580561

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Noncooperation in India by David Hardiman Pdf

The Noncooperation Movement of 1920-22, led by Mahatma Gandhi, challenged every aspect of British rule in India. It was supported by people from all levels of the social hierarchy and united Hindus and Muslims in a way never again achieved by Indian nationalists. It was remarkably nonviolent. In all, it was one of the major mass protests of modern times. Yet there are almost no accounts of the entire movement, although many aspects of it have been covered by local-level studies. This volume both brings together and builds on these studies, looking at fractious all-India debates over strategy; the major grievances that drove local-level campaigns; the ways leaders braided together these streams of protest within a nationalist agenda; and the distinctive features of popular nonviolence for a righteous cause. David Hardiman's previous volume, The Nonviolent Struggle for Indian Freedom, examined the history of nonviolent resistance in the Indian nationalist movement. The present volume takes his study forward to examine the culmination of this first surge of struggle. While the campaign of 1920-22 did not achieve its desired objective of immediate self-rule, it did succeed in shaking to the core the authority of the British in India.

Author : David Brown,Robert Crowcroft,Gordon Pentland
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191024276

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The Oxford Handbook of Modern British Political History, 1800-2000 by David Brown,Robert Crowcroft,Gordon Pentland Pdf

The two centuries after 1800 witnessed a series of sweeping changes in the way in which Britain was governed, the duties of the state, and its role in the wider world. Powerful processes - from the development of democracy, the changing nature of the social contract, war, and economic dislocation - have challenged, and at times threatened to overwhelm, both governors and governed. Such shifts have also presented challenges to the historians who have researched and written about Britain's past politics. This Handbook shows the ways in which political historians have responded to these challenges, providing a snapshot of a field which has long been at the forefront of conceptual and methodological innovation within historical studies. It comprises thirty-three thematic essays by leading and emerging scholars in the field. Collectively, these essays assess and rethink the nature of modern British political history itself and suggest avenues and questions for future research. The Oxford Handbook of Modern British Political History thus provides a unique resource for those who wish to understand Britain's political past and a thought-provoking 'long view' for those interested in current political challenges.

Author : Ann Laura Stoler
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0520231112

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Carnal Knowledge and Imperial Power by Ann Laura Stoler Pdf

Looking at the way cultural competencies and sensibilities entered into the construction of race in the colonial context, this text proposes that 'cultural racism' in fact predates its postmodern discovery.

Author : Robert Peckham,David M. Pomfret
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789888139125

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Imperial Contagions by Robert Peckham,David M. Pomfret Pdf

Imperial Contagions argues that there was no straightforward shift from older, enclavist models of colonial medicine to a newer emphasis on prevention and treatment of disease among indigenous populations as well as European residents. It shows that colonial medicine was not at all homogeneous "on the ground" but was riven with tensions and contradictions. Indigenous elites contested and appropriated Western medical knowledge and practices for their own purposes. Colonial policies contained contradictory and cross-cutting impulses. This book challenges assumptions that colonial regimes were uniformly able to regulate indigenous bodies and that colonial medicine served as a "tool of empire."

Author : Nandan Nilekani
Publisher : Penguin Canada
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2009-04-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780143172864

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Imagining India by Nandan Nilekani Pdf

India's future depends not only on economic growth, but also on reform and innovation. In this fascinating look at the emerging economic giant, Nandan Nilekani, co-founder of Infosys, a global leader in information technology, charts the ideas that are crucial to India's current infrastructure revolution and quest for universal literacy, urbanization, and unification. He argues that only a safety net of ideas--from social security to public health to the environment--can transcend political agendas and safeguard India's economic future.

Author : J. Mark Ramseyer,Frances McCall Rosenbluth
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 0521636493

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The Politics of Oligarchy by J. Mark Ramseyer,Frances McCall Rosenbluth Pdf

This book examines the failure of the Meiji oligarchy to design institutions capable of protecting their hold on power in Japan.

Author : Juned Shaikh
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780295748511

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Outcaste Bombay by Juned Shaikh Pdf

Over the course of the twentieth century, Bombay’s population grew twentyfold as the city became increasingly industrialized and cosmopolitan. Yet beneath a veneer of modernity, old prejudices endured, including the treatment of the Dalits. Even as Indians engaged with aspects of modern life, including the Marxist discourse of class, caste distinctions played a pivotal role in determining who was excluded from the city’s economic transformations. Labor historian Juned Shaikh documents the symbiosis between industrial capitalism and the caste system, mapping the transformation of the city as urban planners marked Dalit neighborhoods as slums that needed to be demolished in order to build a modern Bombay. Drawing from rare sources written by the urban poor and Dalits in the Marathi language—including novels, poems, and manifestos—Outcaste Bombay examines how language and literature became a battleground for cultural politics. Through careful scrutiny of one city’s complex social fabric, this study illuminates issues that remain vital for labor activists and urban planners around the world.

Author : Rajnarayan Chandavarkar
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521525950

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The Origins of Industrial Capitalism in India by Rajnarayan Chandavarkar Pdf

The first major study of the relationship between labour and capital in India's economic development in the early twentieth-century. The author considers the spread of capitalism and the growth of the cotton textile industry.

Author : Pinar Bilgin,L.H.M. Ling
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317153795

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Asia in International Relations by Pinar Bilgin,L.H.M. Ling Pdf

Asia in International Relations decolonizes conventional understandings and representations of Asia in International Relations (IR). This book opens by including all those geographical and cultural linkages that constitute Asia today but are generally ignored by mainstream IR. Covering the Indian subcontinent, Turkey, the Mediterranean, Iran, the Arab world, Ethiopia, and Central-Northeast-Southeast Asia, the volume draws on rich literatures to develop our understanding of power relations in the world’s largest continent. Contributors "de-colonize", "de-imperialize", and "de-Cold War" the region to articulate an alternative narrative about Asia, world politics, and IR. This approach reframes old problems in new ways with the possibility of transforming them, rather than recycling the same old approaches with the same old "intractable" outcomes.