State Violence and Punishment in India

State Violence and Punishment in India
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 259
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ISBN-13 : 9781135224868
ISBN-10 : 1135224862
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Book Synopsis State Violence and Punishment in India by : Taylor C. Sherman

Download or read book State Violence and Punishment in India written by Taylor C. Sherman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-01-21 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring violent confrontation between the state and the population in colonial and postcolonial India, this book is both a study of the ways in which governments in India used collective coercion and state violence against the population, and a cultural history of how acts of state violence were interpreted by the population.


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