State Violence and Punishment in India

By Taylor C. Sherman

Book Overview

Exploring violent confrontation between the state and the population in colonial and postcolonial India, this book is both a study of the ways in which governments in India used collective coercion and state violence against the population, and a cultural history of how acts of state violence were interpreted by the population.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415626692
• ISBN13: 9780415626699
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"