This volume contends that ethnicity and nationalism are not ′givens′, but are social and political constructions and that they are modern phenomena inseparably connected with the activities of the modern centralizing state.Examples and case studies from India comprise the heart of the volume. Three chapters focus specifically on two minority groups in India: north Indian Muslims and the Sikhs of Punjab. A second source of illustrations, which substantiate the theoretical arguments, is Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. The author also presents a direct comparison of language-based ethnic problems in India and the Soviet Union.
- ISBN10 0803996950
- ISBN13 9780803996953
- Publish Date 31 August 1991 (first published 1 January 1991)
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 10 May 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint SAGE Publications Inc
- Format Paperback
- Pages 360
- Language English