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The early political thought and publishing career of V. K. Krishna Menon, 1928-1938
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Bowman, Jack (2023) The early political thought and publishing career of V. K. Krishna Menon, 1928-1938. The Historical Journal, 66 (3). pp. 641-665. doi:10.1017/S0018246X23000031 ISSN 0018-246X.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0018246X23000031
Abstract
This article assesses Indian activist V. K. Krishna Menon's early political thought, formed during his years in Britain prior to Indian independence. It argues that this was more nuanced than has been previously characterized, with a range of influences and foundations. To analyse the formation and evolution of Menon's political thought, it looks at his political actions from this period, which largely fall into three areas; the India League, his engagement with the British Left, and his publishing career. His editorial work is what often tied together these strands of political action and was where his political thought manifested and expressed itself. This article analyses Menon's publishing career from roughly 1928 to 1938, highlighting the engagement of the three strands of his political action, before undertaking a book history of the India League text Condition of India. The article is a continuation of the expansion of book histories of twentieth-century empire, and argues for a reassessment of anti-colonial texts and figures along these lines, whilst also contributing to the growing historiographical trend that seeks to recast modern Indian political thought, as well as the politics of internationalist activists in interwar Britain.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DS Asia J Political Science > JQ Political institutions (Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific Area, etc.) |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > History | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Krishna Menon, V. K. (Vengalil Krishnan), 1897-1974, India -- Foreign relations, India -- Politics and government -- 1919-1947, India -- Politics and government -- 20th century | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | The Historical Journal | ||||||
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||||
ISSN: | 0018-246X | ||||||
Official Date: | June 2023 | ||||||
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Volume: | 66 | ||||||
Number: | 3 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 641-665 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1017/S0018246X23000031 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
Copyright Holders: | Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 9 January 2023 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 9 January 2023 | ||||||
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