This book is recognized as a classic study both of the politics of language and religion in India and of ethnic and nationalist movements in general. It received overwhelmingly favorable reviews across disciplinary and international boundaries at first publication, characterized as "a masterly conceptual analysis of language, religion, ethnic groups, and nationhood", "a monumental work", "of interest to all political scientists", one that "should be required reading for any politically concerned person" in the United Kingdom (from a TLS review), a work whose "value and importance can scarcely be overstated", with "no competitor in the same class".

Language, Religion and Politics in North India

History

Brass, Paul

World

iUniverse

REVIEWS: CHOICE 1965: "One of the very few really excellent books on Indian politics in the last 20 years there is no other comparable work in existence."INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: "Nobody who wants to understand how elections work and how political power is built up can afford not to read this book."TLS: "This first-rate political study is indispensable reading for anyone who wishes to understand the grass-roots organization from which the Congress Party derives its strength."SOAS BULLETIN: " a brilliant study book of the year [in its field]."

FACTIONAL POLITICS IN AN INDIAN STATE: The Congress Party in Uttar Pradesh

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

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