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Author Roy Chowdhury, Sharmishtha.

Title The First World War, Anticolonialism and Imperial Authority in British India, 1914-1924
Published Milton : Routledge, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (229 pages)
Series Empires in Perspective Ser
Empires in perspective.
Contents "Those long months in the hideous flat" : recasting Indian landscapes in Mesopotamia -- Moderates and the Mother Goddess in Mesopotamia : the Bengali war effort -- Reimagining the Indian landscape after Jallianwala Bagh, 1919 -- Conclusion: Homelands, holy lands, and official gardens of nationalism
Summary Between 1914, when the Great War began, and 1924, when the Ottoman Caliphate ended, British and Indian officials and activists reformulated political ideas in the context of total war in the Middle East, Gandhian mass mobilisation, and the 1919 Amritsar massacre. Using discussions on travel, spatiality, and landscape as an entry point, The First World War, Anticolonialism and Imperial Authority in British India, 1914-1924 discusses the complex politics of late colonial India and the waning of imperial enthusiasm. This book presents a multifaceted picture of Indian politics at a time when total war and resurgent anticolonial activism were reshaping assumptions about state power, culture, and resistance
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Sharmishtha Roy Chowdhury teaches in the Department of History at Queens College, the City University of New York. Her research areas are in twentieth-century world history, modern European and Indian history. She is also active in digital humanities pedagogy and training
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Subject World War, 1914-1918 -- Political aspects -- India
Anti-imperialist movements -- India -- History -- 20th century
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Iraq.
Landscapes -- Political aspects -- India -- History -- 20th century
Travel -- Political aspects -- India -- History -- 20th century
HISTORY -- Asia -- India & South Asia.
HISTORY -- General.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
Buddhism and politics
Anti-imperialist movements
British colonies
International relations
Landscapes -- Political aspects
Military campaigns
Politics and government
Travel -- Political aspects
SUBJECT India -- Politics and government -- 1919-1947. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064943
Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 20th century
India -- Relations -- Middle East
Middle East -- Relations -- India
Subject India
Iraq
Middle East
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780429798757
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