The United States and South Asia from the Age of Empire to Decolonization A History of Entanglements

The United States and South Asia from the Age of Empire to Decolonization A History of Entanglements Harald Fischer-Tiné, Nico Slate.

The contributions assembled in this volume present cutting-edge research that examines the network of Indo-American interconnections over a wider time frame. The case studies stretch into the early decades of the American republic hinting at a longer history of mutual influence and exchange, beyond...

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Other Authors: Fischer-Tiné, Harald (Editor), Slate, Nico (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam Leiden University Press 2022
Series:Global Connections: Routes and Roots.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Decolonization > South Asia > History > 20th century.
General and world history.
Social and cultural history.
International relations.
HISTORY / United States / General.
HISTORY / World.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General.
Decolonization
International relations
United States > Relations > South Asia.
South Asia > Relations > United States.
South Asia
United States
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Religion, Politics, and Development
  • Mapping the Sites and Domains of Indo-American Exchange, c. 1850-19701
  • Harald Fischer-Tiné, Sujeet George and Nico Slate
  • Part I
  • Religion and Culture
  • Chapter 1
  • A Gold Rush, Steamships, and Blackface: The New York Serenaders in San Francisco and India, early-1850s.
  • Bradley Shope
  • Chapter 2
  • The Sepoy Rebellion and American Global Ambition
  • Susan M. Ryan
  • Chapter 3
  • Fakir: How a Word from India Moved Through American Popular Culture for Nearly a Century
  • Philip Deslippe
  • Part II
  • Missionaries and Political Activists
  • Chapter 4
  • American Humanitarianism in Colonial South Asia : The Famine Relief of the American Marathi Mission in Bombay, 1896-1900
  • Joanna Simonow
  • Chapter 5
  • 'One fifth of the world's boyhood': American 'Boyology' and the YMCA's work with early adolescents in India (c. 1900-1950)
  • Harald Fischer-Tiné
  • Chapter 6
  • Taraknath Das: Race and Citizenship between India and the U.S.A.
  • Neilesh Bose
  • Chapter 7
  • Socialism, Nonviolence, and Civil Rights: The American Journeys of Rammanohar Lohia
  • Nico Slate
  • Part III
  • Social Sciences, Development Initiatives &amp
  • Technocracy
  • Chapter 8
  • Constructing an Indian Sociology: 'Karimpur', U.S. Area Studies and Cold War Social Science
  • Sujeet George
  • Chapter 9
  • The Development of Uttar Pradesh Agricultural University
  • Prakash Kumar
  • Chapter 10
  • The Bankura Horse as Development Object: Women's Work, Indo-American Exchanges, and the Global Handicraft Trade
  • Nicole Sackley
  • Afterword
  • Mark Reeves
  • Bibliography
  • About the Authors
  • Index.

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