Power, politics and the people : studies in British imperialism and Indian nationalism / Partha Sarathi Gupta ; introduction by Sabayasachi Bhattacharya.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:
pt. I. The Historiography of Imperialism and Nationalism --
1. Identity Formation and Nation-States: Some Reflections --
2. The Decline and Fall of the British Empire --
3. Economic Imperialism: The Case of the British Empire, 1895-1914 --
pt. II. The End-game of the Empire :
1. Federalism and Provincial Autonomy as Devices of Imperial Control --
2. State and Business in India in the Age of Discriminatory Protection, 1916-1939 --
3. The Courts of Law and the Quit India Movement --
4. Imperialism and the Labour Government of 1945-1951 --
pt. III. The Army in the Imperial System :
1. The Army, Politics and Constitutional Change in India, 1919-1939 --
2. Imperial Strategy and the Transfer of Power, 1939-1951 --
3. India in Commonwealth Defence, 1947-1956 --
pt. IV. Labour History :
1. Notes on the Origin and Structuring of the Industrial Labour Force in India, 1880-1900 --
2. British Railway Labour's Lobby, 1870-1900 --
3. British Labour and the Indian Left, 1919-1939 --
V. Culture and the Raj --
1. Music and Communalism in Bengal --
2. Radio and the Raj --
3. The Quality of Life and Indian Scholarship.

The present book reflects his various interests- imperial policy, and, with special reference to India, the army, federalism, tariff policy, and the spread of broadcasting; other articles deal with major issues in labour history, cultural history, nationalism, and identity formation.

This book will be indispensable for all students of modern Indian history, as also for those interested in the encounter between British imperialism and Indian nationalism.