The colonial origins of ethnic violence in India / Ajay Verghese.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Verghese, Ajay, author.

Series:

Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnic conflict--India.

Ethnic conflict.

Political violence--India.

Political violence.

Colonial influence.

India--Ethnic relations.

India.

Ethnic relations.

India--Colonial influence.

Physical Description:

xviii, 273 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2016.

Summary:

The neighboring north Indian districts of Jaipur and Ajmer are identical in language, geography, and religious and caste demography. But when the Babri Mosque in Ayodhya was destroyed in 1992, Jaipur burned while Ajmer remained peaceful; when state clashes occurred over low-caste affirmative action quotas in 2008, Ajmer's residents rioted while Jaipur's citizens stayed calm. What explains these divergent patterns of ethnic conflict across multiethnic states? Using archival research and interviews in five case studies spanning north, south, and east India, as well as a quantitative analysis of 589 districts, Ajay Verghese shows that British colonial legacies drive contemporary conflict. Book jacket.

Contents:

Colonialism, institutions, and ethnic violence in India

Violence in North India : Jaipur and Ajmer

Violence in South India : Malabar and Travancore

Explaining violence in East India : Bastar

Patterns of ethnic violence across contemporary India

The Indian model of colonialism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804795623

0804795622

9780804798136

0804798133

OCLC:

914339472