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Author Kumar, Radha, 1981- author.

Title Police matters : the everyday state and caste politics in south India, 1900-1975 / by Radha Kumar.

Publication Info. Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents State Knowledge : Seeing Like a Policeman -- Police Documents : The Politics of "False Cases" -- Routine Coercion : Scarred Bodies, Clean Records -- "Unlawful Assembly" in Colonial Madras -- Illegitimate Force in Postcolonial Politics.
Summary "A history of the entwinement of everyday police and caste authority in the colonial and postcolonial Tamil countryside in twentieth-century south India"-- Provided by publisher.
Note Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
Subject Police -- India -- Tamil Nadu -- History -- 20th century.
Law enforcement -- India -- Tamil Nadu -- History -- 20th century.
Caste -- Political aspects -- India -- Tamil Nadu -- History.
Police-community relations -- India -- Tamil Nadu -- History -- 20th century.
Caste-based discrimination -- India -- Tamil Nadu -- History -- 20th century.
Lois -- Application -- Inde -- Tamil Nadu -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
Castes -- Aspect politique -- Inde -- Tamil Nadu -- Histoire.
Relations police-collectivité -- Inde -- Tamil Nadu -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
Discrimination fondée sur la caste -- Inde -- Tamil Nadu -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia
Caste-based discrimination
Caste -- Political aspects
Law enforcement
Police
Police-community relations
India -- Tamil Nadu
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Indexed Term police caste india, policing south india, Madurai police, chennai police, london police, colonial police.
Genre/Form History
Other Form: Print version: Kumar, Radha, 1981- Police matters Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, [2021] 9781501761065 (DLC) 2021005664
ISBN 9781501760877 (epub)
1501760874
9781501760860 (pdf)
1501760866
9781501761065 (paperback)
Standard No. AU@ 000068736596

 
    
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