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HIST259
The Indian Nation
HIST259 SP
Photo Caption and Credits
Spring 97 Availability (Last Updated on Thu Apr 17 05:00:17 EDT 1997
)
Section Limit Enrollment Available
01 44 0 44
This course is a survey of nationalism and nation-building
in India, beginning with the rise of an all-India political
consciousness in the nineteenth century, and concluding with
a look at regional separatisms and Hindu nationalism in the
1980s and '90s. Along the way we examine the role of urban
and rural ideologues in the formation of early national
consciousness; the rise of the Indian National Congress and
of the Muslim League, and the roles played by M.K. Gandhi,
M.A. Jinnah and others; alternatives to party politics in
the form of revolutionary organizations and martial
responses to colonial rule, with a particular focus on
Subhas Chandra Bose and the Indian National Army; the
evolution of secular and religious (both Hindu and Muslim)
nationalist sentiment at the grass-roots level; the
partition of the subcontinent in 1947; the evolution of
Indian democracy and government; the transformation of the
Indian National Congress into the Congress Party (and
splinter groups); and the rise of separatist and
majoritarian political organizations and the rhetoric they
have employed. Throughout one of our major concerns will be
the role of women in nationalism and nation-building, and
the effects of the nationalist movement on women's politics.
MAJOR READINGS
Readings include the following:
V. S.Naupaul, INDIA: A MILLION MUTINIES NOW
S. Amin, EVENT, METAPHOR, MEMORY: CHAURI CHAURA, 1922-1992
K. Sangari and S. Vaid, RECASTING WOMEN: ESSAYS ON INDIAN
COLONIAL HISTORY
SOURCES OF INDIAN TRADITION (volume two, containing selected
writings of numerous south Asian figures in South Asian
nationalism and nation building)
T. Basu, KHAKI SHORTS AND SAFFRON FLAGS
S. Rudolph, THE MODERNITY OF TRADITION: POLITICAL
DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
There will be at least two
short (i.e., 5-7 pages) writing assignments, a
midterm and a final examination.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Though the course
builds on HIST 258 (Indian Society in the British Empire) in
a variety of ways, historically and historiographically,
HIST 258 is NOT a prerequisite for HIST 259. Students are
encouraged to take both; but they are not linked as
ampersand courses (credit for one does NOT depend on credit
for the other).
Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting
or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the
first class, they will be dropped from the class list.
NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form
to the Registrar's Office.
COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS HIST
Prerequisites:
None
- Section 01
- Pinch, W
- Times: .T.T... 10:00AM;
- Grading Mode: A/F
- Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 3, Jr: 3, So: 1, Fr: 1
- No Major Preference Given
Last Updated on MAR-10-1997
About the Photo:
Mahatma Gandhi
Reference:
Dunan, Marcel. MODERN HISTORY: FROM 1500 TO
THE PRESENT DAY, New York: Harper & Row, 1964
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