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Longing for an elsewhere : Mysore and the making of India's developmental state / Chandan Gowda.

By: Series: Modern South AsiaPublisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2026]Description: xi, 167 pages; 24 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330.95487 GOW 23/eng/20260403
Contents:
1:Revisiting the Developmental State - 2:The World of Mysore - 3:The Colonial Roots of Development - 4:Birmingham in Mysore: The Cultural Life of an Iron Plant - 5:"In the Fulness of Time": Improving Villages, Modernizing Agriculture - 6:An Episode in Dissent - 7:Plural Futures.
Summary: "This book is about the colonial ancestry of India's pursuit of economic development. Unlike familiar historical accounts that view development thought as a mid-twentieth century phenomenon, its origins go further back in time and are rooted in the desire of colonized elites to replicate locally the industrial modernity of Europe and the United States. Focusing on Mysore state's efforts to attain development during British indirect rule (1881-1947), Longing for an Elsewhere powerfully shows that culture actively shapes development"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1:Revisiting the Developmental State -
2:The World of Mysore -
3:The Colonial Roots of Development -
4:Birmingham in Mysore: The Cultural Life of an Iron Plant -
5:"In the Fulness of Time": Improving Villages, Modernizing Agriculture -
6:An Episode in Dissent -
7:Plural Futures.

"This book is about the colonial ancestry of India's pursuit of economic development. Unlike familiar historical accounts that view development thought as a mid-twentieth century phenomenon, its origins go further back in time and are rooted in the desire of colonized elites to replicate locally the industrial modernity of Europe and the United States. Focusing on Mysore state's efforts to attain development during British indirect rule (1881-1947), Longing for an Elsewhere powerfully shows that culture actively shapes development"-- Provided by publisher.

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