| The Making of Indian Secularism: Empire, Law and Christianity, 1830-1960 2011 Edition Contributor(s): Chatterjee, N. (Author) |
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ISBN: 134930557X ISBN-13: 9781349305575 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - General - History | Social History - History | World - General |
| Dewey: 322.109 |
| Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 6" W x 9" (1.04 lbs) 337 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Asian - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Indian - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A unique study of how a deeply religious country like India acquired the laws and policies of a secular state, highlighting the contradictory effects of British imperial policies, the complex role played by Indian Christians, and how this highly divided community shaped its own identity and debated that of their new nation. |