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From subjects to citizens : society and the everyday state in India and Pakistan, 1947-1970 / by Sherman, Taylor C., Ed, Gould, William, Ed. 1973-, Ansari, Sarah F. D., Ed

Table of Contents: “…Sherman -- Punjabi refugees' rehabilitation and the Indian state : discourses, denials and dissonances / Ian Talbot -- Sovereignty, governmentality and development in Ayub's Pakistan : the case of Korangi Township / Markus Daechsel -- Everyday expectations of the state during Pakistan's early years : letters to the editor, Dawn (Karachi), 1950-1953 / Sarah Ansari -- Concrete 'progress' : irrigation, development and modernity in mid-twentieth century Sind / Daniel Haines -- Partition narratives : displaced trauma and culpability among British civil servants in 1940s Punjab / Catherine Coombs.…”

Staying on / by Scott, Paul, 1920-1978

Gods in the bazaar the economies of Indian calendar art by Jain, Kajri

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : calendar art as an object of knowledge -- Genealogy -- Vernacularizing capitalism : Sivakasi and its circuits -- When the gods go to market -- Naturalizing the popular -- Economy -- The sacred icon in the age of the work of art and mechanic…”

Out of the East spices and the medieval imagination by Freedman, Paul H.

Table of Contents: “…Spices and medieval cuisine -- Medicine : spices as drugs -- The odors of paradise -- Trade and prices -- Scarcity, abundance, and profit -- "That damned pepper" : spices and moral danger -- Searching for the realms of spices -- Finding the realms of spic…”

Disorderly discourse narrative, conflict, & inequality by Briggs, Charles L.

Table of Contents: “…The co-narration of order : aesthetics, iconicity, and experiencing conflict resolution / Donald Brenneis -- The trickster's scattered self / Ellen Basso -- Detective stories at dinnertime / Elinor Ochs, Ruth Smith, and Carolyn Taylor -- Embarrassment as…”

Everyday state and politics in India : government in the backyard in Kalahandi / by Routray, Sailen

Table of Contents: “…Framing Kalahandi as an iconic backward district -- Understanding state-led development: emergence of the mission mode -- "The government has become the biggest NGO these days" -- Everyday practices of GOs and NGOs -- The vernacular domain of Toutary.…”

Einstein: the life and times / by Clark, Ronald (Ronald William), 1916-1987

Feminism, tradition, and modernity by Padia, Chandrakala, ed

Table of Contents: “…Hindu women, traditions and modernity / Kapil Kapoor -- Constructing an Indian theory of feminism : problems and potentialities / Avadhesh Kumar Singh -- Exploring the icons : Sita and Radha / Kavita A. Sharma -- In-between : locating tradition and modern…”

Understanding poverty by Banerjee, Abhijit Vinayak, eds

Table of Contents: “…THE CAUSES OF POVERTY -- Understanding prosperity and poverty: geography, institutions, and the reversal of fortune / Daron Acemoglu .. [et a…”

David Harvey a critical reader by Castree, Noel

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Troubling geographies / Derek Gregory -- Between deduction and dialectics: David Harvey on knowledge / Trevor Barnes -- David Harvey and Marxism / Alex Callinicos -- Dialectical materialism: stranger than friction / Marcus Doel -- Difference…”

Understanding poverty by Banerjee, Abhijit V., eds

Table of Contents: “…THE CAUSES OF POVERTY -- Understanding prosperity and poverty: geography, institutions, and the reversal of fortune / Daron Acemoglu .. [et a…”

Structure and transformation theory and society in India by Visvanathan, Susan, ed

Table of Contents: “…Structure and culture : the debates / Sheena Jain -- Framework in change : colonial Indian society / Satish Saberwal -- On understanding caste and class / K.L. …”

Appropriate products, employment and technology Case-studies on consumer choice and basic needs in developing countries by Ginneken, Wouter Van

Powers of the secular modern Talal Asad and his interlocutors by Scott, David

Table of Contents: “…Casanova -- What is an "authorizing discourse"? / Steven C. Caton -- Fasting for Bin Laden : the po…”

The art of secularism the cultural politics of modernist art in contemporary India by Zitzewitz, Karin

Table of Contents: “…Husain -- The Modernist Icon and Visual Culture: K. G. Subramanyan -- Cosmopolitanism in the Art World of Bombay/Mumbai: Kekoo Gandhy -- The Everyday Life of the Communalized City: Gulammohammed…”

Making a success of coalitions by Krishnamurti, Lakshmi, comp

Table of Contents: “…Karunanidhi -- Coalition governance in Western Europe / Rajendra K. Jain -- Coalition building in plural societies : the South Africa experiment in perspective / Rajan Harshe -- A perspective on coalitions / Rajmohan Gandhi -- Coali…”

A gateway from the Eastern Mediterranean to India the Red Sea in antiquity by Boussac, Marie-Francoise, eds

Active social capital tracing the roots of development and democracy by Krishna, Anirudh

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Can Social Capital Help Support Development and Democracy? …”

Mountain temples and temple mountains : architecture, religion, and nature in the central Himalayas / by Chanchani, Nachiket

Table of Contents: “…Headed to the Himalayas -- Gateways and guardians -- Śaiva ascetics and kings in a flaming forest -- Great temples and little kingdoms along the Vishnu Ganga River -- New seekers and settlers -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Temple sites in India's central Himalayas.…”

Whose news? the media and women's issues by Joseph, Ammu

Table of Contents: “…The English language press: Background and context / Ammu Joseph and Kalpana Sharma -- Dowry deaths / Kalpana Sharma and Ammu Joseph -- Rape -- Ammu Joseph and Kalpana Sharma -- The Shah Bano controversy / Kalpana Sharma and Ammu Joseph -- Sex selection /…”