The Indian Constitution: Cornerstone of a Nation [Paperback]

Granville Austin (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0195649591 | ISBN-13: 978-0195649598 | Publication Date: December 1999 | Edition: 2

The Indian Constitution provides a history of the Indian Constituent Assembly. It discusses how and why the members of the Assembly wrote their constitution as they did. This new edition of Austin's classic work has a preface that brings it up to date with contemporary developments in constitutional law.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"The author has done for the Indian constitution what C.A. Beard and other scholars have done for the constitution of the United States. The author's reading has been vast and he has undertaken much research in unpublished material....There is something majestic in the scale of the work that is appropriate to the subject-matter."--The Economist
"A pioneer work....This is the most readable, and probably the most thorough, account of the framing of the Indian Constitution that has been published. It gives due attention to leading personalities and to historical background as well as to the central theme of the study. It is, in short, political history at its best." --Journal of Asian Studies

About the Author

Granville Austin is a retired historian.

Product Details

• Paperback: 390 pages
• Publisher: South Asia Books; 2 edition (December 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0195649591
• ISBN-13: 978-0195649598
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,034,902 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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