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Nationalism in South Asia and its Transnational Impact on the Indian Diaspora in Britain

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There are two strong and inventive themes in the sociology of nation and nationalism that are particularly relevant to the discussion in this chapter of India and Indians and their national consciousness. The first is the relation of nationalism to modernity; the second is the flexible ‘construction’ of national identities under differing circumstances.

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  1. Rohit Barot
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. University of Bristol, UK

    Steve Fenton (Professor of Sociology) (Professor of Sociology)

  2. University of Waikato, New Zealand

    Stephen May (Foundation Professor and Chair of Language and Literacy Education) (Foundation Professor and Chair of Language and Literacy Education)

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Barot, R. (2002). Nationalism in South Asia and its Transnational Impact on the Indian Diaspora in Britain. In: Fenton, S., May, S. (eds) Ethnonational Identities. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403914125_7

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