Indian Nationalism and Hindu Social Reform / / Charles Herman Heimsath.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Heimsath, Charles Herman,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1964
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 2232
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (394 p.)

Mr. Heimsath presents here an intellectual history of the social reform movement among Hindus in India in the century between Ram Mohun Roy and Gandhi. Treating separately each major province in which reform movements flourished, he shows the many ways in which social reform was effected.Originally published in 1964.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- I. The Social Revolt in Modern India -- II. The Uniqueness of the Social Reform Movement -- III. The Provincial Political Reform Movements -- IV. The Provincial Social Reform Movements in Bengal, Bombay, and Madras -- V. Dayananda Saraswati and the Social Reform Movement in Northern India -- VI. The Emergence of Nationalism -- VII. The Origin and Enactment of the Age of Consent Bill -- VIII. Mahadev Govind Ranade and the National Social Conference -- IX. Social versus Political Reform -- X. The Local Social Reform Movements in Bombay, Madras, and Bengal -- XI. The Local Social Reform Movements in Northern India -- XII. The Reconstruction of Indian Nationalism -- Epilogue -- Appendices -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index