The Raj at war : a people's history of India's Second World War

Author/Creator:

Khan, Yasmin, 1977- author

Publication/Creation:

London : The Bodley Head, 2015

Resource Type:

Book

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Full Title:

The Raj at war : a people's history of India's Second World War / Yasmin Khan

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

World War, 1939-1945--India
World War, 1939-1945--Participation, East Indian
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--India
Social change--India--History--20th century
War and society--India--History--20th century
India--History--1919-1947
India--Social conditions--20th century

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1.An Empire Committed -- 2.Peasants into Soldiers -- 3.Into the Middle East and North Africa -- 4.Free and Willing Human Beings -- 5.Not a Paisa, Not a Man -- 6.Bombed to Hell -- 7.Money Coming, Money Coming -- 8.An Empire Exposed -- 9.Urban Panic -- 10.The World at the Door -- 11.Thirty Months Too Late -- 12.Welcome to Bombay -- 13.Plantations and Paddy Fields -- 14.Living Dangerously -- 15.Scorched Earth -- 16.The Cogs in a Watch -- 17.Longing and Loss -- 18.Catalyst of Change -- 19.The Man-a-Mile Road -- 20.Insults and Discriminations -- 21.Empires, Lost and Found -- 22.Celebrations and Recriminations -- 23.The Sepoy's Return -- Chronology of Major Events -- List of Illustrations -- List of Abbreviations.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

xvi, 416 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm.

General Note:

Maps on lining papers.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

990036282730302486

ISBN:

9781847921208 (hardback)
1847921205 (hardback)

OCLC Number:

917289739

Other Identifiers:

Unspecified: 60002029569

Barcode:

010002767846