Indian business and nationalist politics, 1931-1939 : the indigenous capitalist class and the rise of the Congress Party (Record no. 61819)
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| fixed length control field | 01935nam a22001697a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780521051101 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 322.30954 |
| Item number | MAR/I |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Markovits, Claude |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Indian business and nationalist politics, 1931-1939 : the indigenous capitalist class and the rise of the Congress Party |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Cambridge |
| Name of publisher | CUP |
| Year of publication | 2002 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 230p. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | 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 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Indian National Congress |
| -- | India |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Politics and government |
| -- | Political party |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Business and politics |
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| Koha item type | BK |
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| Home library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Kannur University Central Library | Stack | 06/09/2021 | 322.30954 MAR/I | 54038 | BK |