Bibliograph

Gandhi before India, Ramachana Guha

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Gandhi before India, Ramachana Guha

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 563-631) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Gandhi before India

Medium

electronic resource eBook.

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bibliographydictionaries

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Ramachana Guha

Summary

The first volume of a magisterial biography: the definitive portrait of the life and work of one of the most abidingly influential-and controversial-men in modern history. Here is a revelatory work of biography that takes us from Mohandas Gandhi's birth in 1869 through his upbringing in Gujarat, his two years as a student in London, and his two decades as a lawyer and community organizer in South Africa. Ramachandra Guha has uncovered a myriad of previously untapped documents, including private papers of Gandhi's contemporaries and co-workers, contemporary newspapers and court documents, the writings of Gandhi's children, secret files kept by British Empire functionaries. Using this wealth of material in a brilliantly nuanced narrative, Guha describes the social, political, and personal worlds in which Gandhi began his journey to become the modern era's most important and influential political actor. And Guha makes clear that Gandhi's work in South Africa-far from being a mere prelude to his accomplishments in India-was profoundly influential on his evolution as a political thinker, social reformer, and beloved leaderThe first volume of a series detailing the life and work of the influential political advocate draws on private papers and other untapped sources to cover his birth in 1869 through his upbringing in Gujarat, discussing his London education and decades as a lawyer in South Africa

Table Of Contents

Prologue: Gandhi from all angles -- 1. Middle caste, middle rank -- 2. Among the vegetarians -- 3. From coast to coast -- 4. A barrister in Durban -- 5. Travelling activist -- 6. Lawyer-loyalist -- 7. White against brown -- 8. Pluralist and puritan -- 9. Trouble in the Transvaal -- 10. A lobbyist in London -- 11. From conciliation to confrontation -- 12. To jail -- 13. A Tolstoyan in Johannesburg -- 14. Prisoner of conscience -- 15. Big little chief -- 16. The contest of civilizations -- 17. Seeking a settlement -- 18. A son departs, a mentor arrives -- 19. A physician at Phoenix -- 20. Breaking boundaries -- 21. Farewell to Africa -- 22. How the Mahatma was made

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