{"product_id":"9780415544467","title":"The Politics of Self-Expression : The Urdu Middleclass Milieu in Mid-Twentieth Century India and Pakistan by Markus Daechsel","description":"The 1930s to 1950s witnessed the rise and dominance of a political culture across much of North India which combined unprecedented levels of mobilization and organization with an effective de-politicization of politics. On the one hand obsessed with world events, people also came to understand politics as a question of personal morality and achievement. In other words, politics was about expressing the self in new ways and about finding and securing an imaginary home in a fast-moving and often terrifying universe. The scope and arguments of this book make an innovative contribution to the historiography of modern South Asia, by focusing on the middle-class milieu which was the epicentre of this new political culture.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56289005109621,"sku":"9780415544467","price":42.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780415544467.jpg?v=1762721973","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9780415544467","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}