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020			_a9780195664881
082			_a303.6 _bBRA
100			_aBrass, Paul R. _94467
245			_aProduction of Hindu-Muslim violence in contemporary India
260			_aNew Delhi _bOxford University Press _c2003
300			_axix,476p.
505			_aCONTENTS Abbreviations Used in This Book ix Maps, Figures, and Tables xi Preface and Acknowledgments xv PART I INTRODUCTION 1.Explaining Communal Violence 5 PART II COMMUNAL RIOTS IN INDIA AND ALIGARH 2 Aligarh: Politics, Population, and Social Organization 43 3 Hindu-Muslim Violence in India and Aligarh 60 4 The Great Aligarh Riots of December 1990 and January 1991 116 5 The Control of Communal Conflict in Aligarh 132 PART III DEMOGRAPHIC, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC FACTORS IN THE PRODUCTION OF RIOTS 6 The Geography and Demography of Riots 149 7 The Economics of Riots: Economic Competition and Victimization 199 PART IV RIOTS AND THK POLITICAL PROCESS 8 Riots and Elections 219 9 The Practice of Communal Politics 240 10 Communalization and Polarization: Selected Constituency-Wise Results for Aligarh Elections 262 11 Communal Solidarity and Division at the Local Level 286 12 The Decline of Communal Violence and the Transformation of Electoral Competition 296 PART V THE PROCESS OF BLAME DISPLACEMENT 13 Riot Interpretation, Blame Displacement, and the Communal Discourse 305 14 Police Views of Hindu-Muslim Violence 328 15 The Role of the Media 344 PART VI CONCLUSION 16 The Persistence of Hindu-Muslim Violence: The Dynamics of Riot Production 355 Postscript: Aligarh and Gujarat 385 Appendices 393 Notes 413 Index 463 Index of Mohallas 475
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891			_aGratis
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