Lord Cornwallis Is Dead: The Struggle for Democracy in the United States and India

by Nico Slate

Book Overview

Do democratic states bring about greater social and economic equality among their citizens? Modern India embraced universal suffrage from the moment it was free of British imperial rule in 1947--a historical rarity in the West--and yet Indian citizens are far from realizing equality today. The United States, the first British colony to gain independence, continues to struggle with intolerance and the consequences of growing inequality in the twenty-first...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674983440
• ISBN13: 9780674983441
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"