Kudaisya, Gyanesh. <br/><br/>
Region, nation, "heartland": Uttar Pradesh in India's body politic/  
Gyanesh Kudaisya. 
 - New Delhi:  SAGE,   c2006.  
 - xxvi, 471 p. :  ill., maps ;  22 cm. 
 - Sage series in modern Indian history, 10. .
<br/><br/> Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Part I: Introduction<br/>1.Introduction: The "heartland" and its setting; five constructions of the "heartland"; review of literature; structure of this book<br/><br/>Part II: The Colonial "Heartland"<br/>2. The framework of Pax Britannica in Uttar Pradesh: Colonial policing; urban environment and colonial authority; colonial authority and criminal laws; a colonial framework for UP -- 3. The institutions of the colonial "heartland", colonial army and public order; colonial policing: "The Thin Blue Line"; landlords as agents of control; baiting the politician.<br/><br/>Part III: The Nationalist "Heartland"<br/>4. "Civil Disobedience" and "Civil Martial Law" in Uttar Pradesh, 1930-34: Public discourse, colonial authority; contesting authority: The spatial dimension; colonial responses up to March 1931; from the Gandhi-Irwin Pact to "No-Rent"; reasserting authority: "Civil Martial Law" -- 5.  The congress ministry and the erosion of the colonial 'heartland", 1937-39 -- 6. Colonial authority, war years and transition <br/><br/>Part IV: The Postcolonial "Heartland"<br/>7. The making of a "regional" postcolonial polity, 1947-54 Independence: Independence day celebrations; renaming the "heartland"; dismantling the Muslim "heartland"; the "Hindi heartland"; state reorganization and UP's regional identity.<br/><br/>  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0761935193 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Regional planning<br/>India--Uttar Pradesh<br/>Politics and government
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>954.03  / KUD/R