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Defining a Nation

India on the Eve of Independence, 1945

By: Ainslie T. Embree,Mark C. Carnes

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Defining a Nation

India on the Eve of Independence, 1945

By: Ainslie T. Embree,Mark C. Carnes

Defining a Nation is set at Simla, in the foothills of the Himalayas, where the British viceroy has invited leaders of various religious and political constituencies to work out the future of Britain's largest colony. Will the British transfer power to the Indian National Congress, which claims to speak for all Indians? Or will a separate Muslim state—Pakistan—be carved out of India to be ruled by Muslims, as the Muslim League proposes? And what will happen to the vulnerable minorities—such as the Sikhs and untouchables—or the hundreds of princely states? As British authority wanes, tensions among Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs smolder and increasingly flare into violent riots that threaten to ignite all India. Towering above it all is the frail but formidable figure of Gandhi, whom some revere as an apostle of nonviolence and others regard as a conniving Hindu politician. Students struggle to reconcile religious identity with nation building—perhaps the most intractable and important issue of the modern world. Texts include the literature of Hindu revival (Chatterjee, Tagore, and Tilak); the Koran and the literature of Islamic nationalism (Iqbal); and the writings of Ambedkar, Nehru, Jinnah, and Gandhi.

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1469672294

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Asia in Western and World History: A Guide for Teaching

A Guide for Teaching

By: Ainslie T. Embree,Carol Gluck

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Asia in Western and World History: A Guide for Teaching

A Guide for Teaching

By: Ainslie T. Embree,Carol Gluck

A guide aimed at introducing students to the history of Asia in conjunction with Western and world history.

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1317476484

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Frontiers into Borders

Defining South Asia States, 1757–1857

By: Ainslie T. Embree

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Frontiers into Borders

Defining South Asia States, 1757–1857

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The contemporary status of the eight South Asian nations was determined by the creation of the British Indian empire and the process of decolonization. This book by the late Ainslie T. Embree is an insightful exploration of how the boundaries of these states were created between 1757 and 1857. During these one hundred years, political and military developments in the Indian subcontinent made a significant impact upon the definition of borders as they (almost) exist today. The narrative begins after Aurangzeb’s death, when vast areas of the Mughal Empire were taken over by regional powers, following which the East India Company swiftly expanded its territory, thus altering the boundaries of the region. Embree explores the meaning of ‘boundaries’ and ‘frontiers’; while the British stressed on ‘natural frontiers’, those shaped by natural landscapes, there was also the French sense of ‘natural borders’, which represented state borders reflecting social composition. Artfully written, with a careful examination of archival materials from England and India, this book reveals the colonial and local interests at work while modern states were carved into being.

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Oxford University Press

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0190990171

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9780190990176

Utopias in Conflict

Religion and Nationalism in Modern India

By: Ainslie T. Embree

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Utopias in Conflict

Religion and Nationalism in Modern India

By: Ainslie T. Embree

This compact, incisive study by a senior scholar explores two sources of violent conflict in India: religion and nationalism. Showing how the political aspects of religion and the ideological character of nationalism have led inexorably to struggle, Ainslie T. Embree argues that the tension between competing visions of the just society has determined the social and political life of India. In India, as elsewhere in the world at the end of the twentieth century, religions legitimized violence as people struggled for what they regarded as their legitimate claims upon the future. As examples of the tension between religious and nationalist visions of the good society, Embree examines two explosive cases—one involving Muslim-Hindu communal encounters, the other, the separatist movement of the Sikhs. Thought-provoking and searching, Utopias in Conflict should interest anyone concerned about fundamentalism, the problems of national integration, and politics and religion in the Third World. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1990.

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Univ of California Press

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0520415493

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Asia in Western and World History

A Guide for Teaching

By: Ainslie Thomas Embree,Carol Gluck

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Asia in Western and World History

A Guide for Teaching

By: Ainslie Thomas Embree,Carol Gluck

This comprehensive volume provides teachers and students with broad and stimulating perspectives on Asian history and its place in world and Western history. Essays by over forty leading scholars suggest many new ways of incorporating Asian history, from ancient to modern times, into core curriculum history courses. Now featuring "Suggested Resources for Maps to Be Used in Conjunction with Asia in Western and World History".

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M.E. Sharpe

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1563242656

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Defining a Nation

India on the Eve of Independence, 1945

By: Ainslie T. Embree,Mark C. Carnes

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India on the Eve of Independence, 1945

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Suggested Resources for Maps to Use in Conjunction with Asia in Western and World History

By: Ainslie T. Embree,Carol Gluck

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Suggested Resources for Maps to Use in Conjunction with Asia in Western and World History

By: Ainslie T. Embree,Carol Gluck

Suggested Resources for MAPS to use in conjunction with Asia in Western and World History A Guide for Teaching.

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Utopias in Conflict

Religion and Nationalism in Modern India

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Religion and Nationalism in Modern India

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Frontiers Into Borders

Defining South Asia States, 1757-1857

By: Ainslie Embree

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Frontiers Into Borders

Defining South Asia States, 1757-1857

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Following the death of the great historian, Ainslie T. Embree, this remarkable document was found in his study, a project to which he had devoted the last years of his life. It is an insightful exploration of how the boundaries of the modern South Asian states were created in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, based on a careful examination of original materials in archives in England and India. Artfully written with rich local detail, this book reveals the fascinating interplay of colonial and local interests as the modern states were carved into being. It is destined to be a classic in the history of South Asian nation building.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0190121068

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Frontiers Into Borders

Defining South Asian States, 1757-1857

By: Ainslie Thomas Embree

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Frontiers Into Borders

Defining South Asian States, 1757-1857

By: Ainslie Thomas Embree

An insightful exploration of how the boundaries of the modern South Asian states were created in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, based on a careful examination of original materials in archives in England and India. This was the final project of the great historian, Ainslie T. Embree, and is destined to be a seminal text in the history of South Asian nation building.

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019099018X

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Asia in Western and World History

A Guide for Teaching

By: Ainslie Thomas Embree,Carol Gluck

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A Guide for Teaching

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Defining a Nation

Defining a Nation

Asia in Western and World History: A Guide for Teaching

Asia in Western and World History: A Guide for Teaching

Frontiers into Borders

Frontiers into Borders

Utopias in Conflict

Utopias in Conflict

Asia in Western and World History

Asia in Western and World History

Defining a Nation

Defining a Nation

Suggested Resources for Maps to Use in Conjunction with Asia in Western and World History

Suggested Resources for Maps to Use in Conjunction with Asia in Western and World History

Utopias in Conflict

Utopias in Conflict

Frontiers Into Borders

Frontiers Into Borders

Frontiers Into Borders

Frontiers Into Borders

Asia in Western and World History

Asia in Western and World History

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