Atlantic Gandhi : the Mahatma overseas

Atlantic Gandhi takes Mahatma Gandhi out of the national space of India and examines him as an ocean-faring diasporic cosmopolitan whose life reverberates with the revolutionary currents of the Atlantic rim.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Natarajan, Nalini
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
Published: New Delhi SAGE 2013
SAGE Publications India Pvt, Ltd
Sage Publications
Edition:1
Subjects:
East Indians
East Indians > South Africa > Politics and government
Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948
Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 > Travel > South Africa
South Africa > Politics and government > 1836-1909
South Africa > Politics and government > 1909-1948
Statesmen
Statesmen > India > Biography
ISBN:9788132109686, 8132109686
Online Access:Get full text
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 - From Kathiawar -- 2 - Sailing the High Seas -- 3 - Deconstructing the Coolie -- 4 - Plotting a Diasporic Nation -- 5 - Local Cosmopolitan and Modern Anti-Modern: Hind Swaraj and Satyagraha in South Africa -- 6 - The Tamil Women of the Transvaal -- 7 - Gandhi and Atlantic Modernity -- 8 - 'Prophet in Homespun' -- 9 - Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author