Rhetoric and Ritual in Colonial India : The Shaping of a Public Culture in Surat City, 1852-1928 / Douglas E. Haynes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haynes, Douglas E., author.

Contributor:

American Council of Learned Societies.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elite (Social sciences)--India--Surat--History.

Elite (Social sciences).

Surat (India)--Social conditions.

Surat (India).

Surat (India)--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 363 p. ) maps ;

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [1991]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explores the rhetoric and ritual of Indian elites undercolonialism, focusing on the city of Surat in the Bombay Presidency. It particularly examines how local elites appropriated and modified the liberal representative discourse of Britain and thus fashioned a "public' culture that excluded the city's underclasses. Departing from traditional explanations that have seen this process as resulting from English education or radical transformations in society, Haynes emphasizes the importance of the unequal power relationship between the British and those Indians who struggled for political influence and justice within the colonial framework. A major contribution of the book is Haynes' analysis of the emergence and ultimate failure of Ghandian cultural meanings in Indian politics after 1923. The book addresses issues of importance to historians and anthropologists of India, to political scientists seeking to understand the origins of democracy in the "Third World," and general readers interested in comprehending processes of cultural change in colonial contexts.

Contents:

Front matter

CONTENTS

PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ONE. Introduction

TWO. Colonialism, Language, and Politics

THREE. The Urban Economy

FOUR. The Inner Politics of the City

FIVE. The Outer Politics of the City

SIX. The Colonial Context

SEVEN. The Notables and Public Culture

EIGHT. The English-educated Elite and Public Leadership

NINE. World War I and the Crisis in Urban Authority

TEN. The Rise of the Gandhians

ELEVEN. The Restoration of Hegemony

TWELVE. The Politics of Communalism

Conclusion

APPENDIX

NOTES

GLOSSARY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520909489

0520909488

9780585130699

0585130698

OCLC:

1153514663