Settling the Citizen, Settling the Nomad: ‘Habitual offenders’, rebellion, and civic consciousness in western India, 1938–1952
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DOI: 10.1017/s0026749x18000136
Abstract: Abstract This article explores the politics of civic engagement during India's long decolonization between 1938 and 1952 for communities—the erstwhile ‘criminal tribes’—whose lifestyles were complicated by controls on their movement before and shortly following India's… read more here.
Keywords: settling citizen; civic consciousness; 1938 1952; citizen settling ... See more keywords