Nationalism and colonialism in modern India / by Bipan Chandra

Includes index.

Colonialism and modernization -- Reinterpretation of nineteenth-century Indian economic history -- British and Indian ideas on Indian economic development,1858-1905 -- Elements of continuity and change in the early nationalist activity -- The Indian capitalist class and imperialism before 1947 -- Jawaharlal Nehru and the capitalist class, 1936 -- Modern India and imperialism -- The ideological development of the revolutionary terrorists in northern India in the 1920s -- The Indian national movement and the communal problem -- Lord Dufferin and the character of the Indian nationalist leadership -- Lenin and the national liberation movements -- Peasantry and national integration in contemporary India -- Tilak, Social origin in dictatorship and democracy,