Gandhi : the years that changed the world, 1914-1948 / Ramachandra Guha.
The concluding volume of the definitive biography of Gandhi relates his struggles to attain India's independence from England, improve relations between Hindus and Muslims, and develop India's economic self-reliance, all using methods of nonviolence.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385532310
- Physical Description: xix, 1083 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: First United States edition
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A Knopf, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 897-989) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Part I. Claiming a nation (1915-1922). The returning hero ; Coming out in Banaras ; Three experiments in Satyagraha ; Going national ; The personal and the political ; Capturing the congress ; The rise and fall of non-cooperation ; The Mahatma from above and below -- Part II. Reaching out to the world (1922-1931). Prisoner number 827 ; Picking up the pieces ; Spinning in Sabarmati ; The moralist ; The memoirist ; Once more into the fray ; Father, son, holy spirit ; The march to the sea ; The prison and the world ; Parleys with proconsuls ; At home in London -- Part III. Reform and renewal (1931-1937). Arguments with Ambedkar ; Shaming the Hindus ; A second sabbatical ; From rebels to rulers -- Part IV. War and rebellion (1937-1944). The world within, and without ; (Re)capturing the congress ; One nation, or two? ; Pilgrimages to Gandhi ; Somewhere between conflict and cooperation ; Towards 'Quit India' ; A bereavement and a fast ; The death of Kasturba -- Part V. The last years (1944-1948). Picking up the pieces (again) ; Prelude to partition ; Marching for peace ; The strangest experiment ; Independence and division ; The greatest fasts ; Martyrdom -- Epilogue: Gandhi in our time. |
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Subject: | Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948. Statesmen > India > Biography. Nationalists > India > Biography. Political activists > India > Biography. Pacifists > India > Biography. India > Politics and government > 1919-1947. |
Genre: | Biographies. |
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