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India in Transition

1922

The object of this work is first to point out the material forces that are pushing the various classes of the Indian people in the present struggle; second to point out the deep-rooted social character of the prsent unrest; third to analyse the social tendencies embodied by the two principal schools of nationalism; and fourth to indicate the revolutionary trend of the growing mass movemen [...] Feudalism as the basis of social economics received the first death-blow in the earlier years of the British possession in the middle of the 18th century when the political power passed into the hands of the representatives of a foreign commercial bourgeoisie. [...] In the last part of the 18th century the country was ravaged by widspread famines caused by the deliberate destruction of the craft industries the unrestricted export of foodgrains heavy fall in the total production of foostuff owing to climatic condtions the transfer of extensive areas of land to the cultivation of indigo and jute and the laying waste of large tracts due to the contin [...] In 1911 the first phase in the political struggle of the Indian bourgeoisie culminated in the repeal of the Act of the Partition of Bengal. [...] As self-government means the transfer wholly or partially of the administration of the country to the Indian' bourgeoisie this promise won the active support of the propertied class to the cause of the war.
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Pages
289
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.141755
Segment Pages Author Actions
Foreword
1-14 Manabendra Roy view
Introduction
15-19 Manabendra Roy view
Chapter 1 the Growth of the Bourgeoisie
20-43 unknown view
Chapter 2 the Condition of the Rural Population
44-88 unknown view
Chapter 3 the Proletariat ’I
89-106 unknown view
Chapter 4 the Proletariat ’II
107-117 unknown view
Chapter 5 the Proletariat’III
118-142 unknown view
Chapter 6 Political Movement’I
143-156 unknown view
Chapter 7 Political Movement’II
157-199 unknown view
Chapter 8 Present Situation: Review and Perspective
200-240 unknown view
What Do We Want?
241-284 unknown view
Index
285-288 unknown view

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