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Book/Printed Material Police matters : the everyday state and caste politics in south India, 1900-1975

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Title

  • Police matters : the everyday state and caste politics in south India, 1900-1975

Summary

  • "A history of the entwinement of everyday police and caste authority in the colonial and postcolonial Tamil countryside in twentieth-century south India"-- Provided by publisher.

Names

  • Kumar, Radha, 1981- author

Created / Published

  • Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, [2021]

Contents

  • State Knowledge : Seeing Like a Policeman -- Police Documents : The Politics of "False Cases" -- Routine Coercion : Scarred Bodies, Clean Records -- "Unlawful Assembly" in Colonial Madras -- Illegitimate Force in Postcolonial Politics.

Headings

  • -  Caste--Political aspects--India--Tamil Nadu--History
  • -  Caste-based discrimination--India--Tamil Nadu--History--20th century
  • -  Law enforcement--India--Tamil Nadu--History--20th century
  • -  Police--India--Tamil Nadu--History--20th century
  • -  Police-community relations--India--Tamil Nadu--History--20th century

Notes

  • -  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • -  Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Call Number/Physical Location

  • HV8249.T3

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021005665

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  • Unrestricted online access

Online Format

  • image
  • epub

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Chicago citation style:

Kumar, Radha, Author. Police matters: the everyday state and caste politics in south India, -1975. [Ithaca New York: Cornell University Press, 2021] Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021005665/.

APA citation style:

Kumar, R. (2021) Police matters: the everyday state and caste politics in south India, -1975. [Ithaca New York: Cornell University Press] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021005665/.

MLA citation style:

Kumar, Radha, Author. Police matters: the everyday state and caste politics in south India, -1975. [Ithaca New York: Cornell University Press, 2021] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021005665/>.