Lord Cornwallis is dead : the struggle for democracy in the United States and India / Nico Slate.

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 Unite...

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Main Author: Slate, Nico (Author)
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019.
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Physical Description:372 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Format: Book

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505 0 |a Introduction: A grave on the Ganges -- Part I. Keyword: Indian -- Elephants and ice -- The color of freedom -- Part II. Keyword: caste -- Rebellions -- Cold wars -- Part III. Keyword: thug -- The ends of poverty -- Bollywood / Hollywood -- Conclusion: The tragedy of democracy. 
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