Indian Business and Nationalist Politics 1931-39: The Indigenous Capitalist Class and the Rise of the Congress Party - Brossura

Markovits, Claude

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0521016827 ISBN 13: 9780521016827

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2002

Riassunto

The 1930s was a critical decade in Indian politics. It saw the Congress Party begin its rise to political dominance, while Indian 'big business' strengthened its position in the economy. This book seeks to analyse the response of India's most important indigenous businessmen to the growth of political nationalism. Dr Markovits' study falls into three parts: an analysis of the structure of the business class, revealing its basic heterogeneity and lack of political unity; an examination of the impact of the Depression of the 1930s on the fortunes of Indian businessmen and on government economic policy; and a survey of the uneasy and changing relationship between businessmen and Congress at a time of political turmoil and realignment. Drawing heavily on the private papers of prominent businessmen as well as on a wealth of official sources, this is the first systematic study, on an all-India scale, of the political attitude of big business during the final and most crucial phase of the nationalist struggle. Given increasing prominence of businessmen in Indian politics after 1920 an understanding of their behaviour is fundamental to our view of the overall pattern of Indian nationalist politics. All those interested in the rise of anti-colonial movements and in patterns of capitalist development in Third World countries should also find matter for thought in this sensitive and unusual study.

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Descrizione del libro:

This is the first systematic study, on an all-India scale, of the political attitude of big business during the final and most crucial phase of the nationalist struggle.

Contenuti:

Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Indian capital; 2. Crisis and opportunities; 3. Business, Civil Disobedience and the reforms 1931–1935; 4. The turning point: capitalists and Congressmen 1935–1937; 5. Business, the central government and the Congress 1937–1939; 6. Indian business and the Congress provincial governments 1937–1939; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliographical notes; bibliography; Glossary; Index; Tables.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0521016827
• ISBN 13: 9780521016827
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 242