Brewing Resistance: Indian Coffee House and the Emergency in Postcolonial India
Kristin Victoria Magistrelli Plys
(Author)
Description
In 1947, decolonization promised a better life for India's peasants, workers, students, Dalits, and religious minorities. By the 1970s, however, this promise had not yet been realized. Various groups fought for the social justice but in response, Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi suspended the constitution, and with it, civil liberties. The hope of decolonization that had turned to disillusion in the postcolonial period quickly descended into a nightmare. In this book, Kristin Plys recounts the little known story of the movement against the Emergency as seen through New Delhi's Indian Coffee House based on newly uncovered evidence and oral histories with the men who led the movement against the Emergency.Product Details
Price
$125.00
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publish Date
December 03, 2020
Pages
358
Dimensions
7.7 X 9.2 X 1.0 inches | 1.3 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9781108490528
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About the Author
Kristin Plys is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto Mississauga. Her work analyzes the historical trajectory of global capitalism as seen from working class and anti-colonial movements in the Global South. She works in multiple languages - French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Hindi, and Urdu.