Introduction : state violence and punishment in India, 1919-56
Jallianwala Bagh, the Punjab disturbances of 1919, and the limits of state power in India, 1919-20
Disobedience and discord : the non-cooperation movement, 1920-25
Extra-judicial punishments and the civil disobedience movement, 1930-34
Legislating against communal violence : the United Provinces Goonda Act and the Bombay Whipping Act, 1929-38
The hunger strikes of the Lahore Conspiracy Case prisoners, 1929-39
The Second World War and India's coercive network, 1939-46
Partition and the transitional state in India, 1947-48
The police action in Hyderabad and the making of the postcolonial state in India, 1947-56
Conclusion : rethinking colonial punishment, reassessing postcolonial India.
State violence and punishment in India by Taylor C. Sherman. ISBN 9780203865316. Published by Routledge in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.