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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780691245775 |
| 037 ## - SOURCE OF ACQUISITION |
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| Terms of availability |
Purchased |
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Prism Books, Kadavanthra, Kochi |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE |
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| Language code of text/sound track or separate title |
English |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
954.04092 |
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TAY/NE |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Taylor C. Sherman |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
NEHRU'S INDIA : History in Seven Myths |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
1 |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
New Jersy |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Princeton University Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2022/01/01 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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284 |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Nehru’s India brings a provocative but nuanced set of new interpretations to the history of early independent India. Drawing from her extensive research over the past two decades, Taylor Sherman reevaluates the role of Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first prime minister, in shaping the nation. She argues that the notion of Nehru as the architect of independent India, as well as the ideas, policies, and institutions most strongly associated with his premiership—nonalignment, secularism, socialism, democracy, the strong state, and high modernism—have lost their explanatory power. They have become myths.<br/><br/>Sherman examines seminal projects from the time and also introduces readers to little-known personalities and fresh case studies, including India’s continued engagement with overseas Indians, the importance of Buddhism in secular India, the transformations in industry and social life brought about by bicycles, a riotous and ultimately doomed attempt to prohibit the consumption of alcohol in Bombay, the early history of election campaign finance, and the first state-sponsored art exhibitions. The author also shines a light on underappreciated individuals, such as Apa Pant, the charismatic diplomat who influenced foreign policy from Kenya to Tibet, and Urmila Eulie Chowdhury, the rebellious architect who helped oversee the building of Chandigarh.<br/>Tracing and critiquing developments in this formative period in Indian history, Nehru’s India offers a fresh and definitive exploration of the nation’s early postcolonial era. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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History and Biography- Jaeaharlal Nehru |
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Jawaharlal Nehru -1947-1964- Statesman of India |
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Jawaharlal Nehru- first prime minister in India |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Historical and Political Accounts- After 1947 |
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History of Independent India |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Nehru's Political and Biographical Accounts |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
Lending |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |