SOCIAL AND POLITICAL MOVEMENTS: Readings on Punjab
Harish K. Puri and Paramjit S. Judge (Eds.)
SOCIAL AND POLITICAL MOVEMENTS: Readings on Punjab
Harish K. Puri and Paramjit S. Judge (Eds.)
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ISBN9788170336334
Publication Year2019
Pages408 pages
BindingHardback
Sale TerritoryWorld
About the Book
This volume brings together at one place readings on all major social and political movements in Punjab since the British annexation of the province in 1849 to the present. Written by leading specialists, these studies provide historical perspectives on the major concerns, conflicts and collective actions of the Punjabis for resistance and reform. While being of special interest to the researchers and students of social science disciplines studying Punjab region, the book will be read with advantage by those interested in issues such as social reform, ethnicity, religious politics, national integration and political violence.
Contents
1.The Kukas: A Millenarian Sect of Punjab / W.H. MCLEOD
2.The Singh Sabha Movement 1875-1925 / N. GERALD BARRIER
3.Arya Samaj Movement in Punjab / SATISH K. SHARMA
4.The Christian Movement in Punjab / JOHN C.B. WEBSTER
5.The Ahmadiyah Movement: An Appraisal / SPENCER LAVAN
6.The Ghadar Movement: A New Consciousness / HARISH K. PURI
7.The Gurdwara Reform Movement / MOHINDER SINGH
8.The Congress in Punjab / K.L. TUTEJA
9.Ad Dharm Movement / MARK JUERGENSMEYER
10.Communist Movement in Punjab, 1926-47 / BHAGWAN JOSH
11.Praja Mandal Movement in East Punjab States: Notes on : the Elite Political Culture / M.S. DHAMI
12.The Punjabi Suba Movement / A. S. NARANG
13.The Naxalite Movement in Punjab / PARAMJIT S. JUDGE
14.Trade Unions and Political Parties in Punjab / SANTOSH SOOD
15.Agrarian Change and Farmers’ Movement in Punjab: A Study of BKU / SUCHA SINGH GILL
16.The Khalistan Movement / HARISH K. PURI AND PARAMJIT S. JUDGE
About the Author / Editor
Harish K. Puri is Professor, B.R. Ambedkar Chair, Department of Political Science, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. He has written extensively on social and political movements, Akali politics, terrorism and federalism. His books include Ghadar Movement: Ideology, Organisation and Strategy; Terrorism in Punjab: Understanding Grassroots Reality (co-authored); Social and Political Movements in Punjab (co-edited) and Dalits in Regional Context (edited).
Paramjit S. Judge is Professor of Sociology at Guru Nanak Dev University. Amritsar. He has worked and published in the areas of social movements, social change, social exclusion and Punjabi diaspora. He was Dr B.R. Ambedkar National Fellow, Indian Council of Social Sciences Research, New Delhi. At present, he is the Managing Editor of Sociological Bulletin, the journal of Indian Sociological Society. He is also an eminent Punjabi novelist.
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