Skip to main content Accessibility help
×
  1. Home
  2. Books
  3. Brewing Resistance
  • Cited by 19
      • Show more authors
      • You may already have access via personal or institutional login
    • Select format
    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      12 May 2020
      29 October 2020
      ISBN:
      9781108781114
      9781108490528
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108490528
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.6kg, 358 Pages
      Dimensions:
      Weight & Pages:
      • Subjects:
      Area Studies, South Asian Government, Politics and Policy, Asian Studies, Political Sociology, Politics and International Relations, Sociology
    You may already have access via personal or institutional login
    • Selected: Digital
    Add to cart View cart Buy from Cambridge.org
    Subjects:
    Area Studies, South Asian Government, Politics and Policy, Asian Studies, Political Sociology, Politics and International Relations, Sociology
    Information

    Book description

    In 1947, decolonization promised a better life for India's peasants, workers, students, Dalits, and religious minorities. By the 1970s, however, this promise had not yet been realized. Various groups fought for the social justice but in response, Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi suspended the constitution, and with it, civil liberties. The hope of decolonization that had turned to disillusion in the postcolonial period quickly descended into a nightmare. In this book, Kristin Plys recounts the little known story of the movement against the Emergency as seen through New Delhi's Indian Coffee House based on newly uncovered evidence and oral histories with the men who led the movement against the Emergency.

    Awards

    2022 CSA Global Sociology Book Award

    Reviews

    ‘This is a rich and informative historical account of an iconic institution, a space of dissent and debate that came into its own during the Emergency years in India. Plys tells a compelling tale and evokes distinct resonances without sacrificing a historian’s rigorous craft. Written with admirable lucidity, Brewing Resistance is at once the story of a fabled coffeehouse and a narrative about the challenges and pitfalls that manifest themselves on a new nation’s road to decolonisation.’

    Priyamvada Gopal - University of Cambridge

    ‘Brewing Resistance richly contributes to our understanding of “regime change” in the convoluted aftermath of colonial rule by tracing the unexpected role colonial practices and spaces play in the postcolonial state in the making of popular resistance. … In this precarious moment for social movements struggling for equality in India, the analysis of Brewing Resistance is useful to understand the emergency roots of the present political moment but also the possibilities that lie in the reclaiming of urban spaces for creating alternatives.’

    Yael Berda Source: American Journal of Sociology

    Refine List

    Actions for selected content:

    Select all | Deselect all
    • View selected items
    • Export citations
    • Download PDF (zip)
    • Save to Kindle
    • Save to Dropbox
    • Save to Google Drive

    Save Search

    You can save your searches here and later view and run them again in "My saved searches".

    Please provide a title, maximum of 40 characters.
    Cancel
    ×

    Contents

    Contents
    • 1 - Introduction
      pp 1-19
        • You have access
      • PDF
      • Export citation

    Metrics

    Altmetric attention score

    Full text views

    Total number of HTML views: 0
    Total number of PDF views: 0 *
    Loading metrics...

    Book summary page views

    Total views: 0 *
    Loading metrics...

    * Views captured on Cambridge Core between #date#. This data will be updated every 24 hours.

    Usage data cannot currently be displayed.

    Accessibility standard: Unknown

    Why this information is here

    This section outlines the accessibility features of this content - including support for screen readers, full keyboard navigation and high-contrast display options. This may not be relevant for you.

    Accessibility Information

    Accessibility compliance for the PDF of this book is currently unknown and may be updated in the future.