Philanthropy and the development of modern India : in the name of nation

Philanthropy and the development of modern India : in the name of nation / Arun Kumar.

This volumes draws on the history of the philanthropy of India's economic elites to examine how their ideas and understanding of development have shifted and changed over time. Kumar shows how development in India provided the moral justification for the protection of commercial interests durin...

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Main Author: Arun Kumar (Lecturer in international management) (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Critical frontiers of theory, research, and policy in international development studies.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Economic development > India > History > 20th century.
Economic development > Moral and ethical aspects > India.
Charities > India > History > 20th century.
Charities
Economic development
Economic development > Moral and ethical aspects
India
Electronic books.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Philanthropy and the Development of Modern India: In the Name of Nation
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Note on Sources
  • 1: Development, Modernity, Nation: An Introduction
  • Writing the Nation in
  • Development Histories
  • Elites and 'Organized' Philanthropy
  • 2: Community: In Nation's Name
  • Nation, through Community
  • Self-reliant Responsible Communities
  • Circumscribed Modernity
  • 3: Self: Meritorious Few, Masses, and Citizens
  • 'Best and Most Gifted'
  • Making Masses into Citizens
  • To Market-ready Citizens
  • 4: Making Science Indian
  • Overcoming Deficits
  • National, But Also International
  • 5: Development: Elites' Pedagogic Reflex
  • Educating the Masses
  • Reforming Society: Applied Social Sciences
  • Postscript
  • Coda: The Calculus of Development
  • Appendix: Elites' Historiographic Anxieties: A Methodological Caution
  • Bibliography
  • Collected Works
  • Monographs and Edited Collections
  • Book Chapters and Articles
  • Reports
  • Working Papers and Theses
  • Index.

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