Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Invoking Exception and Defining Enemies: Extraordinary Legislation and the Colonial War on Terror in Early-Twentieth-Century India
- 2 Controlling ‘Mobs’ and Maintaining Public Order in the United Provinces, 1930–1940
- 3 Bureaucratic Encounters and the Question of Justice in India: A Kafkaesque Tale of Official Discretion, Errors and Oversights
- 4 Lineages of a Postcolonial State: The Disposition of State-Sponsored Vigilantism in the United Provinces, 1948
- 5 Mukhiyas and Chowkidars: Understanding the ‘New’ Sense of Public Order in the United Provinces, 1947–1955
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Index
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 June 2023
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Invoking Exception and Defining Enemies: Extraordinary Legislation and the Colonial War on Terror in Early-Twentieth-Century India
- 2 Controlling ‘Mobs’ and Maintaining Public Order in the United Provinces, 1930–1940
- 3 Bureaucratic Encounters and the Question of Justice in India: A Kafkaesque Tale of Official Discretion, Errors and Oversights
- 4 Lineages of a Postcolonial State: The Disposition of State-Sponsored Vigilantism in the United Provinces, 1948
- 5 Mukhiyas and Chowkidars: Understanding the ‘New’ Sense of Public Order in the United Provinces, 1947–1955
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Sovereign AnxietyPublic Order and the Politics of Control in India, 1915–1955, pp. 289 - 306Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023