Police matters : the everyday state and caste politics in south India, 1900-1975

"Police Matters moves beyond the city to examine the intertwined nature of police and caste in the Tamil countryside. Radha Kumar argues that the colonial police acted as tools of the state in deploying rigid notions of caste, refashioning rural identities in a process that has cast long postco...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Kumar, Radha
Format eBook Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Ithaca Cornell University Press 2021
Subjects
Asia
Caste
Caste > Political aspects > India > Tamil Nadu > History
Caste-based discrimination
Caste-based discrimination > India > Tamil Nadu > History > 20th century
chennai police
colonial police
Emergency services
HISTORY
Human Rights
India & South Asia
JKSW1 Police and security services
LAW
Law enforcement
Law enforcement > India > Tamil Nadu > History > 20th century
Legal History
london police
Madurai police
Police
Police > India > Tamil Nadu > History > 20th century
police caste india
Police-community relations
Police-community relations > India > Tamil Nadu > History > 20th century
policing south india
Political Science
Social services and welfare, criminology
Social welfare and social services
Society and Social Sciences
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ISBN1501761064
9781501761065
1501760866
9781501760860
1501760874
9781501760877
DOI10.7298/j2j5-ya41

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Table of Contents:
  • Half Title Page Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Illustrations Acknowledgments Abbreviations Glossary Note on Terminology Note on Castes Second Half Title Page Introduction Chapter 1 State Knowledge Chapter 2 Police Documents Chapter 3 Routine Coercion Chapter 4 Unlawful Assembly in Colonial Madras Chapter 5 Illegitimate Force in Postcolonial Politics Conclusion Notes Bibliography
  • Cover -- Halftitle -- Title -- Copyright -- Sustainable History Monograph Pilot -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Note on Terminology -- Note on Castes -- Introduction -- Part I -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Part II -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography