India after Gandhi : (Record no. 5390)
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| fixed length control field | 02606cam a2200217 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | 6395 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780060958589 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Guha, Ramachandra |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | India after Gandhi : |
| Remainder of title | the history of the world's largest democracy / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Ramachandra Guha |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st Harper Perennial ed |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York, NY : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Harper Perennial, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2008 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xiv, 893 p., [32] p. of plates : |
| Other physical details | ill., maps ; |
| Dimensions | 23 cm |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | ""An Ecco book."" |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc. note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [765]-857) and index |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Prologue: Unnatural nation -- pt. 1. Picking up the pieces. -- Freedom and parricide -- The logic of division -- Apples in the basket -- A valley bloody and beautiful -- Refugees and the Republic -- Ideas of India -- pt. 2. Nehru's India. -- The biggest gamble in history -- Home and the world -- Redrawing the map -- The conquest of nature -- The law and the prophets -- Securing Kashmir --Tribal trouble -- pt. 3. Shaking the centre. -- The southern challenge -- The experience of defeat -- Peace in our time -- Minding the minorities -- pt. 5. The rise of populism. -- War and succession -- Leftward turns -- The elixir of victory -- The rivals -- Autumn of the matriarch -- Life without the Congress -- Democracy in disarray -- This son also rises -- pt. 5. A history of events. -- Rights -- Riots -- Rulers -- Riches -- A people's entertainments -- Epilogue: Why India survives |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Born in privation and civil war, divided by caste, class, language and religion, independent India emerged, somehow, as a united and democratic country. This remarkable book tells the full story--the pain and the struggle, the humiliations and the glories--of the world's largest and least likely democracy. Social historian Guha writes of the protests and conflicts that have peppered the history of free India, but also of the factors and processes that have kept the country together (and kept it democratic), defying numerous prophets of doom who believed that it would break up or come under autocratic rule. This story of modern India is peopled with extraordinary characters: Guha gives fresh insights on the lives and public careers of the long-serving prime ministers, but also writes with feeling and sensitivity about the major provincial leaders and other lesser known (though not necessarily less important) Indians--peasants, tribals, women, workers and musicians.--From publisher description |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | India. |
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| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | India |
| General subdivision | History |
| Chronological subdivision | 1947- |
| Geographic name | India |
| General subdivision | Politics and government |
| Chronological subdivision | 1947- |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Serial Enumeration / chronology | Inventory number | Total Checkouts | Total Renewals | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Date last checked out | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Main TEST | RTC Library | RTC Library | Main opac | 27/11/2018 | 10094 | 5 | 4 | 954.04 GUH | 30010231 | 12/04/2025 | 06/12/2024 | 27/11/2018 | Main |