State Violence and Punishment in India
Author | : Taylor C. Sherman |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 259 |
Release | : 2010-01-21 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781135224868 |
ISBN-13 | : 1135224862 |
Rating | : 4/5 (862 Downloads) |
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.