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The Raj at war : a people's history of India's Second World War
Title:
The Raj at war : a people's history of India's Second World War
Author:
Khan, Yasmin, 1977-
ISBN:
9781847921208
Publication Information:
London : The Bodley Head, 2015.
Physical Description:
xvi, 416 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Abstract:
"The Second World War was not fought by Britain alone. India produced the largest volunteer army in world history: over 2 million men. In The Raj at War we hear the myriad voices of ordinary Indian people, from the first Indian to win the Victoria Cross to the three soldiers imprisoned as 'traitors to the Raj' who returned to a hero's welcome, from the nurses in Indian General Hospitals to labourers and their families in remote villages. Yasmin Khan presents the overlooked history of India at war, and shows how mobilisation for the war unleashed seismic processes of economic, cultural and social change - decisively shaping the international war effort, the unravelling of the empire and India's own political trajectory."-- Provided by publisher.
Geographic Term:
Subject:
World War, 1939-1945 -- India. |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- India. |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Indian. |
India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947. |
Summary:
"The Second World War was not fought by Britain alone. India produced the largest volunteer army in world history: over 2 million men. In The Raj at War we hear the myriad voices of ordinary Indian people, from the first Indian to win the Victoria Cross to the three soldiers imprisoned as 'traitors to the Raj' who returned to a hero's welcome, from the nurses in Indian General Hospitals to labourers and their families in remote villages. Yasmin Khan presents the overlooked history of India at war, and shows how mobilisation for the war unleashed seismic processes of economic, cultural and social change - decisively shaping the international war effort, the unravelling of the empire and India's own political trajectory."--