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100	1		_aSherman, Taylor C. _eauthor. _975073
245	1	0	_aNehru's India : _b A History in Seven Myths
264		1	_aPrinceton : _bPrinceton University Press, _c2022
300			_axviii, 284 pages : _billustrations ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 251-275) and index.
505	0		_aThe myth of Nehru the architect of independent India -- The myth of India's non-aligned foreign policy -- The myth of hegemonic secularism -- The myth of socialism -- The myth of the strong state -- The myth of the successful democracy -- The myth of high modernism in India.
520			_a"An iconoclastic history of the first two decades after independence in India. 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. Sherman argues that the ideas, policies, and institutions most strongly associated with Nehru-nonalignment, secularism, socialism, democracy, the strong state, and high modernism-have lost their explanatory power. They have become myths. 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 Chowdhury, the rebellious architect who helped oversee the building of Chandigarh. 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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
600	1	0	_aNehru, Jawaharlal, _d1889-1964. _975074
650		0	_aStatesmen _zIndia _vBiography. _975075
650		7	_aHISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia _2bisacsh _975076
650		7	_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian _2bisacsh _975077
651		0	_aIndia _xHistory _y1947- _973222
651		0	_aIndia _xPolitics and government _y1947- _973033
651		0	_aIndia _xSocial conditions _y1947- _975078
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aSherman, Taylor C. _tNehru's India _dPrinceton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2022] _z9780691227221 _w(DLC) 2022005961
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