{"product_id":"spirals-of-contention-satish-saberwal-9780415467353","title":"Spirals of Contention: Why India Was Partitioned in 1947","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis study examines the social and psychological processes that led to the Partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947. It recognizes the long-term continuities in the idiom of conflict (as well as cooperation), and shows that, by 1900, the conflicts and animosities were gathering a self-aggravating momentum. The book moves back and forth between evidence and general, or theoretical, understanding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeparateness between Hindus and Muslims grew reciprocally, with hardening religious identities and the growing frequency of incidents of conflict. These skirmishes had several dimensions: symbolic (desecrating places of worship), societal (conversions), and physical (violence against women). As mutual trust declined, a quarter century of negotiations under diverse auspices failed to yield an agreement, and even the framework of the Partition in 1947 was imposed by the colonial rulers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA theoretically informed study, this book takes a comparative stance along several axes. Recognizing long-term continuities in the idiom of conflict (as well as of cooperation), it will be of interest to students of conflicts, Partitions, history, sociology, and South Asian studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Satish Saberwal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415467357\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415467353\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/31\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.69d","brand":"Satish Saberwal","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086606840063,"sku":"9780415467353","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fa560bab-9157-434e-aec3-a330882c2971.jpg?v=1769095660","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/spirals-of-contention-satish-saberwal-9780415467353","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}