Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface ix
4. PART I Congress and Indian Nationalism
5. 1 Congress and Indian Nationalism: Political Ambiguity and the Problems of Social Conflict and Party Control 3
6. 2 The Indian National Congress in Nationalist Perspective 21
7. PART II The Emergence of Political Elites and the Problem of Mobilization
8. 3 The Early Congress, Hindu Populism, and the Wider Society 47
9. 4 Moderates, Extremists, and Revolutionaries: Bengal, 1900-1908 62
10. 5 "If It Be Real, What Does It Mean?": Some British Perceptions of the Indian National Congress 90
11. PART III Social Representation and the Problem of Political Control
12. 6 Congress and the Nation, 1917-1947 121
13. 7 Congress and "Mass Contacts," 1936-1937: Ideology, Interests, and Conflict over the Basis of Party Representation 134
14. 8 Adjusting to Congress Dominance: The UP Landlords, 1937-1947 159
15. 9 Congress and the Untouchables, 1917-1950 182
16. 10 The Muslim Mass Contacts Campaign: Analysis of a Strategy of Political Mobilization 198
17. 11 Swaraj and the Kamgar: The Indian National Congress and the Bombay Working Class, 1919-1931 223
18. 12 Congress Policy Toward Business in the Pre-Independence Era 250
19. PART IV Leadership, Conflict, and the Problem of Unity
20. 13 The Mahatma in Old Age: Gandhi's Role in Indian Political Life, 1935-1942 271
21. 14 Congress versus the Muslim League, 1935-1937 305
22. 15 Congress in Aligarh District, 1930-1946: Problems of Political Mobilization 330
23. 16 Congress in Southwestern Bengal: The Anti-Union Board Movement in Eastern Medinipur, 1921 352
24. 17 Congress and the People's Movement in Princely India: Ambivalence in Strategy and Organization 377
25. Glossary of Hindi and Urdu Terms 405
26. Contributors 409
27. Index 413