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The Emergence of Provincial Politics: The Madras Presidency, 1870-1920

Washbrook, D. A.
Cambridge University Press
2008
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Summary: 
From Google Books: "This book examines an important period of transition in the political structure of South India. The first three-quarters of a century of British rule, down to the 1870s, had effectively torn apart and fragmented the political institutions of the South, and had left a highly parochial political society in which loyalties seldom extended beyond face-to-face relationships and power was extremely localized. This lack of significant supra-local political connections contributed to the Madras Presidency's reputation as the most 'benighted' of all Indian provinces."
Language: 
English