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Serving the nation : cultures of service, association, and citizenship / Carey Anthony Watt.
LIBRA HV393 .W37 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Watt, Carey Anthony.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human services--India.
- Human services.
- Social service.
- India.
- Social service--India--Societies, etc.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 255 pages : illustrations, 1 folded map ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- Subtitle on cover: Cultures of service, association, and citizenship in colonial India
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2005]
- Summary:
- Watt's study looks at the social, political, and sociological importance of social service, voluntary efforts, and associational activities in North India undertaken during the first two decades of the 20th century by Hindu or Hindu-oriented associations.
- Notes:
- Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of Cambridge) under the title: Social service and the culture of association in North India, 1900-1920.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [224]-242) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0195668022
- OCLC:
- 58532528
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