South Asian Resistances in Britain, 1858 - 1947
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South Asian Resistances in Britain, 1858 - 1947

  1. 208 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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South Asian Resistances in Britain, 1858 - 1947

About this book

This volume offers an alternative way of conceiving the history of Britain by excavating and exploring the numerous ways in which South Asians in Britain engaged in radical discourse and political activism from 1858 to 1947, before their more permanent migration and settlement. The book focuses on a tumultuous period of resistance against the backdrop of high imperialism under the reign of Victoria, through the turmoil of two World Wars and Partition in 1947. As well as addressing resistances against empire and hierarchies of race, the authors investigate how South Asians in Britain mobilized to campaign for women's suffrage (the Indian princess Sophia Duleep Singh), for example, or for an international socialism (the Communist MP Shapurji Saklatvala), thereby contributing to and complicating notions of freedom, equality and justice. This volume reframes these pioneers as social and political agents and activists and shows how Britain's contemporary multicultural society is rooted in their mobilization for equality of citizenship.

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Yes, you can access South Asian Resistances in Britain, 1858 - 1947 by Sumita Mukherjee, Rehana Ahmed, Rehana Ahmed, Sumita Mukherjee in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & Asian History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Continuum
Year
2011
Print ISBN
9781441117564
eBook ISBN
9781441125774
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
Asian History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Notes on Contributors
  2. Acknowledgements
  3. Introduction
  4. Part I
  5. Chapter 1
  6. Chapter 2
  7. Part II
  8. Chapter 3
  9. Chapter 4
  10. Chapter 5
  11. Part III
  12. Part IV
  13. Chapter 8
  14. Chapter 9
  15. Epilogue: Salaam, Great Britain: Thinking through Resistance in an Age of Global Empire
  16. Index