{"product_id":"indias-first-democratic-revolution-hardcover","title":"Indias First Democratic Revolution [Hardcover] (RARE BOOKS)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGoa is considered exceptional in India because of its small size, its high economic and social development relative to the rest of the country and its Portuguese history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eParobo argues that scholarship on Goa has focused too much on its Portuguese past and ignored the indigenous reasons for its historical trajectory and developmental success.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis focus has ignored the fact that Goa was the first territory to vote in a lower caste government to power in the 1963 assembly elections, headed by lower caste mine owner and philanthropist Dayanand Bandodkar.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor explores the history behind this surprising electoral success and its consequences.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe focuses instead on the comparatively little explored story of:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecaste-based land and power relations in pre-colonial and early colonial Goa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eemerging caste movements and identity politics among both upper castes and lower castes in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe interactions of caste politics with colonialism\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTraces the history of land relations and caste movements into the post-Liberation period of Bandodkar’s far-reaching land reforms. These liberated lower caste tenants from dependence on landlords and opened up New employment opportunities for the Bahujan.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAccompanied by substantial investments in education and health, they ushered in greater equity and democratisation. Goa, therefore, scripted a distinctive story of Bahujan success.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGlossary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCaste in the Modern World, 1850–1961\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eColonial State: Local and Micro Context\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBandodkar’s Charisma and Post-Colonial Goa, 1963–1973\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEmpowering through Land and Tenancy Reforms\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Political Economy of Social Transformation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eConclusion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBibliography\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIndex\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKey Points\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew perspective on Goa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExisting scholarship has focused on Goa’s Portuguese history; this book integrates Portuguese history with the “Indian” story. Follows Goa’s story in the post-Liberation period\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExplores Goa’s caste movements and Dalit history\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGoa is not well known for its caste movements which were the earliest successful movements in the country. This book fills that gap.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIs Goa’s success replicable?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGoa is well known for its excellent economic and social development performance but is also thought of as an outlier. This book explains why the Goa model could become a wider model.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Best of used books","offers":[{"title":"Used","offer_id":43879287652609,"sku":"2TRGI23NL-Used","price":699.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0421\/4299\/0495\/products\/IndiasFirstDemocraticRevolutionHardcover.jpg?v=1677050405","url":"https:\/\/bestofusedbooks.com\/products\/indias-first-democratic-revolution-hardcover","provider":"Best Of Used Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}