Peasants in India's non-violent revolution
Subtitle: practice and theory
By: Mridula Mukherjee.
Series: Sage series in modern Indian history -- 5
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New Delhi; Thousand Oaks
Language: eng
Number of pages: 577
Subjects: Peasantry -- India -- Political activity -- History -- 20th century; India -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [543]-560) and index.
Table of contents: title: Peasant protest : the historical context; title: Emergence of modern peasant organizations and fashioning a peasant agenda 1924-29; title: Marching with the nation : peasants and civil disobedience 1930-32; title: Consolidating peasant politics : national organization and ideological radicalization 1933-37; title: Peasant upsurge : reaching the high-water mark 1938-39; title: Anti-war, people's war and post-war : communists and peasants 1939-47; title: Peasant protest in a non-hegemonic state : the princely state of patiala 1930-53; title: Peasants and anti-colonial nationalism; title: Peasants and non-violence : forms of protest and methods of mobilization; title: Peasants and outsiders : social origins of leaders and participants; title: Mapping peasant consciousness : elements of an alternative framework; title: In conclusion : transforming peasant consciousness-practice versus theory.