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This book is about the ideas regarding the concept of the term 'development' which emerged in circa 1930-50. It is a study of the formative period in history when the underlying notions of progress, self-government, and nation building were articulated. The author considers how the notions were driven by immediate political battles, yet inspired by a vision of the future that incorporated notions of sovereignty and equity. Drawing on a variety of intellectual resources, the author analyses three themes around development: the importance of science and technology, the need for the government to express certain social concerns, and the need for national discipline. The argument is that alternative notions of development-consciously different from those based on free trade and industrialization could emerge in the inter-war period, when the future of capitalism did not appear as assured as they did in the nineteenth century. This book opens up a new arena in the historiography of South Asia, that of an intellectual history of late colonialism in India, and of the nationalism that succeeded it.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History Regional & national history

• Full title: Developing India
• Author: Benjamin Zachariah
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368
• EAN: 9780198086079
• ISBN: 0198086075
• ID: 04521313
• Publisher: OUP India
• Weight: 328 g
• Dimensions: 149 × 220 × 32 mm
• Date of publishing: 18. October 2012

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