ISBN10: 8179918238, ISBN13: 9788179918234, [publisher: Popular Prakashan Pvt. Ltd.] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The present study is an attempt to explore the social matrix within which a regionalist movement emerged and took shape. The interest lies in locating the variables that contributed to and shaped the regionalist demands rather than in tracing the history and career of an association that led or carried out the movement.Four chapters in the present work deal with variables linked with the discontent and emergence of the movement. Each of these chapters is divided into two sections. Section I consists of content-data from news-journals. Section II presents analysis and interpretation of the content-data. I owe a debt of gratitude to my guide, Dr. Y. B. Damle, who encouraged me to pursue the present subject for a doctoral research thesis. His comments and criticism helped me all along to keep the work on the right track. The Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi, granted a doctoral fellowship for two years (1973-75) which enabled me to carry out this long-term project. The Women's University, where I work, was gracious in granting me leave of absence for the two-year period of fellowship. After I joined work, Dr. Neera Desai, Head of my Department, kindly spared me academic responsibilities beyond classroom teaching. When I began the research I found few libraries had records of ...
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