Paul Brass Explained

Paul Richard Brass (November 8, 1936 – May 31, 2022)^[1] was an American political scientist known for his research on the politics of India.^[2] He was professor emeritus of political science and international relations at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington, where he taught since 1965. After his B.A. in government in 1958 from Harvard College, he did M.A. in political science, University of Chicago in 1959, followed by Ph.D. in political science, University of Chicago in 1964.^[3]

He was born in Boston, Massachusetts.^[4] He attended the Boston Latin School.^[5]

He has studied the Indian subcontinent since 1961.^[6] He has published numerous books on the politics of India, including The Production of Hindu-Muslim Violence in Contemporary India (2004).^{[7] [8]}

Works

• Book: Paul R. Brass . The Congress Party Organization in Uttar Pradesh: the Transformation from Movement to Party in an Indian State . 1964 . University of Chicago, Department of Political Science.
• Book: Paul R. Brass . Factional Politics in an Indian State: The Congress Party in Uttar Pradesh . registration . 1965 . University of California Press.
• Book: Susanne Hoeber Rudolph . Lloyd I. Rudolph . Paul R. Brass . Education and politics in India: studies in organization, society, and policy . registration . 1972 . Harvard University Press. 9780674238657 .
• Book: Paul R. Brass . Language, Religion And Politics in North India . 1974 . Cambridge University Press .
• Book: Paul R. Brass . Caste, Faction, and Party in Indian Politics: Election studies . 1985 . Chanakya Publications . 978-81-7001-010-4.
• Book: Paul R. Brass . Ethnic groups and the state . 1985 . Barnes & Noble Books . 978-0-389-20528-9.
• Book: Paul R. Brass . Francis Robinson . Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies . Association for Asian Studies. Meeting . The Indian National Congress and Indian society, 1885-1985: ideology, social structure, and political dominance . 1987 . Chanakya Publications. 9788170010265 .
• Book: Paul R Brass . Ethnicity and Nationalism: Theory and Comparison . registration . 1991 . SAGE Publications . 978-0-8039-9695-3.
• Book: Paul R. Brass . The Politics of India Since Independence . 1994 . Cambridge University Press . 978-0-521-45970-9.
• Book: Paul R. Brass . Theft of an Idol: Text and Context in the Representation of Collective Violence . 1997 . Princeton University Press . 978-0-691-02650-3.
• Book: Paul R. Brass . University of Oslo. Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM) . Political Violence: Indonesia and India in Comparative Perspective . 2000 . University of Oslo, Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM).
• Book: Paul R. Brass . Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli . University of Oxford. Refugee Studies Centre . The Partition of India and the Forced Displacement of the Population of the Punjab in 1946-47: Means, Methods, and Purposes . 2000 . Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli.
• Book: Paul R. Brass . The Production of Hindu-Muslim Violence in Contemporary India . 2005 . University of Washington Press . 978-0-295-98506-0.
• Book: Paul R. Brass . Forms of collective violence: riots, pogroms, & genocide in modern India . 2006 . Three Essays Collective . 978-81-88789-39-9.
• Book: Paul R. Brass . South Asian Politics: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal . 2010 . Taylor & Francis Group . 978-0-415-43429-4.
• Book: Paul R Brass . An Indian Political Life: Charan Singh and Congress Politics, 1957 to 1967 . 2012 . SAGE Publications . 978-81-321-0947-1.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Paul Brass, 'prolific & original' scholar of Indian politics over 6 decades, passes away. June 3, 2022.
2. Web site: 2022-06-03 . Obituary: Paul R Brass's scholarship transformed Indian political science . 2022-06-04 . Hindustan Times . en.
3. Web site: Paul R Brass Profile . 2014-08-16 . SAGE.
4. Web site: 2022 . paul brass: Scholar of Indian polity, Paul Brass passes away at 85 India News - Times of India . 2022-06-04 . The Times of India . en.
5. Web site: Wilkinson . Steven . Paul Brass' Scholarship on India's Religious, Linguistic Politics Made Invaluable Contributions . 2022-06-08 . The Wire.
6. News: County may face "communal hatred" . Anchorage Daily News . November 2, 1984 . May 29, 2012 .
7. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-politics-of-power/840869/ The Politics of Power
8. Web site: As bold as Brass . The Telegraph . August 4, 2013 . 2014-08-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161113054208/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130804/jsp/7days/17193422.jsp . November 13, 2016 . dead .