19th century
A01=Manu Goswami
Author_Manu Goswami
british occupation
capital
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colonial influences
colonialism
cultural study
east asia studies
economics
economy
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geography
globalism
globalization
historical context
history
india
indian culture
interstate dynamics
nation state
nationalism
nationhood
nativism
political science
politics
postcolonial
postcolonialism
sovereignty
transformation
Product details
- ISBN 9780226305097
- Weight: 624g
- Dimensions: 16 x 23mm
- Publication Date: 15 Jun 2004
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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When did categories such as a national space and economy acquire self-evident meaning and a global reach? Why do nationalist movements demand a territorial fix between a particular space, economy, culture, and people? Producing India mounts a formidable challenge to the entrenched practice of methodological nationalism that has accorded an exaggerated privilege to the nation-state as a dominant unit of historical and political analysis. Manu Goswami locates the origins and contradictions of Indian nationalism in the convergence of the lived experience of colonial space, the expansive logic of capital, and inter-state dynamics. Building on and critically extending subaltern and postcolonial perspectives, her study shows how nineteenth-century conceptions of India as a bounded national space and economy bequeathed an enduring tension between a universalistic political economy of nationhood and a nativist project that continues to haunt the present moment. Elegantly conceived and judiciously argued, Producing India will be invaluable to students of history, political economy, geography, and Asian studies.
