Political Mobilization and Identity in Western India, 1934-47

Krishan (history, Post Graduate Regional Centre of the MD University at Rewari, India) analyzes mass politics and its relationship with the construction of identity in India during a period he characterizes as being without major social upheaval, with the exception of the Quit India movement. After presenting the general socio-economic background, he examines facets of peasant mobilization such as responses to political processes; relationships with various political organizations; the nature of…