1st Edition
'How Best Do We Survive?' A Modern Political History of the Tamil Muslims
By Kenneth McPherson
Copyright 2010
270 Pages
by
Routledge India
270 Pages
by
Routledge India
270 Pages
by
Routledge India
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This book traces the social and political history of the Muslims of south India from the later nineteenth century to Independence in 1947, and the contours that followed. It describes a community in search of political survival amidst an ever-changing climate, and the fluctuating fortunes it had in dealing with the rise of Indian nationalism, the local political nuances of that rise, and its own... Read more
Introduction 1. The Muslims of the Madras Presidency: Origins and History to 1901 2. The Politicisation of the Urdu Muslims of the Madras Presidency, 1901–1909 3. Lucknow and Muslim Leadership, 1909–1918 4. From Lucknow to the Reforms, 1917–1919 5. Experiments and Frustration, 1919–1921 6. Non-Cooperation and Council Entry, 1920–1926 7. In Search of Muslim Political Unity 8. The Failure of Reconciliation 9. Madras Muslims and the National Movement, 1934-1937 10. 1937 and Beyond. Bibliography. About the Author. Index
Biography
Kenneth McPherson was Mercator Professor at Heidelberg University, Adjunct Professor at La Trobe University and also served as President of the Australian Association for Maritime History. Later he was affiliated with the Asia Research Centre at Murdoch University in Perth.
