Great soul Mahatma Gandhi and his struggle with India

By:

Lelyveld, Joseph

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York Alfred A Knopf 2011Description: xv,425p. ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:

9780307269584

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DDC classification:

954.035092 22 LE-G

LOC classification:

DS481.G3 L337 2011

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Contents:

South Africa -- Prologue : an unwelcome visitor -- No-touchism -- Among Zulus -- Upper house -- Leading the indentured -- India -- Waking India -- Unapproachability -- Hail, deliverer -- Fast unto death -- Village of service -- Mass mayhem -- Do or die.

Summary: In this ambitious, original study, Pulitzer Prize-winner Lelyveld sets out to measure Gandhi's accomplishments as a politician and an advocate for the downtrodden--against Gandhi's own expectations and in light of his complex, conflicted feelings about his place in Indian history.

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Item type	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Print	General Books	Main Library	954.035092 LE-G (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		118032

"This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

In this ambitious, original study, Pulitzer Prize-winner Lelyveld sets out to measure Gandhi's accomplishments as a politician and an advocate for the downtrodden--against Gandhi's own expectations and in light of his complex, conflicted feelings about his place in Indian history.

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