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100 1 _aSherman, Taylor C.,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aNehru's India :
_bA History in Seven Myths /
_cTaylor C. Sherman.
263 _a2209
264 1 _aPrinceton ;
_aOxford :
_bPrinceton University Press,
_c[2022]
300 _apages cm
336 _atext
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337 _aunmediated
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338 _avolume
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504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aList of illustrations; Preface; chapter 1 The myth of Nehru the architect of independent India; chapter 2 The myth of India's non-aligned foreign policy; chapter 3 The myth of hegemonic secularism; chapter 4 The myth of socialism; chapter 5 The myth of the strong state; chapter 6 The myth of the successful democracy; chapter 7 The myth of high modernism in India; Coda; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index
520 _a"An iconoclastic history of the first two decades after independence in India. Nehru's India brings a provocative but nuanced set of new interpretations to the history of early independent India. Drawing from her extensive research over the past two decades, Taylor Sherman reevaluates the role of Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first prime minister, in shaping the nation. Sherman argues that the ideas, policies, and institutions most strongly associated with Nehru-nonalignment, secularism, socialism, democracy, the strong state, and high modernism-have lost their explanatory power. They have become myths. Sherman examines seminal projects from the time and also introduces readers to little-known personalities and fresh case studies, including India's continued engagement with overseas Indians, the importance of Buddhism in secular India, the transformations in industry and social life brought about by bicycles, a riotous and ultimately doomed attempt to prohibit the consumption of alcohol in Bombay, the early history of election campaign finance, and the first state-sponsored art exhibitions. The author also shines a light on underappreciated individuals, such as Apa Pant, the charismatic diplomat who influenced foreign policy from Kenya to Tibet, and Urmila Chowdhury, the rebellious architect who helped oversee the building of Chandigarh. Tracing and critiquing developments in this formative period in Indian history, Nehru's India offers a fresh and definitive exploration of the nation's early postcolonial era"--
_cProvided by publisher.
600 1 0 _aNehru, Jawaharlal,
_d1889-1964.
650 0 _aStatesmen
_zIndia
_vBiography.
650 7 _aHISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia
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650 7 _aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian
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651 0 _aIndia
_xHistory
_y1947-
651 0 _aIndia
_xPolitics and government
_y1947-
651 0 _aIndia
_xSocial conditions
_y1947-
776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aSherman, Taylor C.
_tNehru's India
_dPrinceton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2022]
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