Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. A Politics of Consumption: Swadeshi and Its Institutions
2. Technologies of Nationhood: Visually Mapping the Nation
3. The Nation Clothed: Making an "Indian" Body
4. Rituals of Time: The Flag and the Nationalist Calendar
5. Inhabiting National Space: Khadi in Public
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
How an ordinary country cloth became a symbol of the Indian nation
Lisa Trivedi is Associate Professor of History at Hamilton College. She lives in New Hartford, New York.
"A significant contribution to the modern history of India and, by extension, to comparative imperialism and world history." Sandria B. Freitag, University of North Carolina
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