South Asian Resistances in Britain 1858 - 1947

These nine chapters, presented by Ahmed (English studies, U. of Teesside, England) and Mukherjee (a historian of South Asia and the British Empire formerly associated with the London School of Economics and the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, England), explore different forms of "resistances" engaged in by South Asian people living or traveling in Britain during the period of British high imperialism in South Asia (1858-1947). Topics include the cultural and political atmosphere of the India House hostel in Highgate, an ideological influence on Madan Lal Dhingra, the assassin of British colonial official Sir William Curzon Wyllie; the 1939-1949 strikes of nonunionized Indian seamen working British ships, the subtle relationship between elite resistance and imperialism as personified by the figures of Duleep Singh and Abdul Karim, both befriended by Queen Victoria; the involvement of Duleep Singh's daughter Sophia with the British suffragette movement; the relationship between South Asian and Irish nationalists in the interwar period; and the literary resistance of Mulk Raj Anand, among other subjects. Annotation c2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)