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Gandhi : the years that changed the world, 1914-1948 / Ramachandra Guha.

Guha, Ramachandra, (author.). Guha, Ramachandra. Sequel to: Gandhi before India. (Added Author).

Summary:

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.

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.
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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