Author: Kim A. Wagner
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300200358
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 373
Book Description
A powerful reassessment of a seminal moment in the history of India and the British Empire--the Amritsar Massacre--to mark its 100th anniversary The Amritsar Massacre of 1919 was a seminal moment in the history of the British Empire, yet it remains poorly understood. In this dramatic account, Kim A. Wagner details the perspectives of ordinary people and argues that General Dyer's order to open fire at Jallianwalla Bagh was an act of fear. Situating the massacre within the "deep" context of British colonial mentality and the local dynamics of Indian nationalism, Wagner provides a genuinely nuanced approach to the bloody history of the British Empire.
Amritsar 1919
Author: Kim A. Wagner
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300200358
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 373
Book Description
A powerful reassessment of a seminal moment in the history of India and the British Empire--the Amritsar Massacre--to mark its 100th anniversary The Amritsar Massacre of 1919 was a seminal moment in the history of the British Empire, yet it remains poorly understood. In this dramatic account, Kim A. Wagner details the perspectives of ordinary people and argues that General Dyer's order to open fire at Jallianwalla Bagh was an act of fear. Situating the massacre within the "deep" context of British colonial mentality and the local dynamics of Indian nationalism, Wagner provides a genuinely nuanced approach to the bloody history of the British Empire.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300200358
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 373
Book Description
A powerful reassessment of a seminal moment in the history of India and the British Empire--the Amritsar Massacre--to mark its 100th anniversary The Amritsar Massacre of 1919 was a seminal moment in the history of the British Empire, yet it remains poorly understood. In this dramatic account, Kim A. Wagner details the perspectives of ordinary people and argues that General Dyer's order to open fire at Jallianwalla Bagh was an act of fear. Situating the massacre within the "deep" context of British colonial mentality and the local dynamics of Indian nationalism, Wagner provides a genuinely nuanced approach to the bloody history of the British Empire.
The Butcher of Amritsar
Author: Nigel Collett
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9781852855758
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
On 13 April 1919, General Reginald Dyer marched a squad of Indian soldiers into the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, and opened fire without warning on a crowd gathered to hear political speeches. This is an account of the massacre set in the context of a biography of a man whose attitudes reflected many of the views common in the Raj.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9781852855758
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
On 13 April 1919, General Reginald Dyer marched a squad of Indian soldiers into the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, and opened fire without warning on a crowd gathered to hear political speeches. This is an account of the massacre set in the context of a biography of a man whose attitudes reflected many of the views common in the Raj.
Imperial Violence and the Path to Independence
Author: Shereen Ilahi
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0857727060
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
In the aftermath of World War I, the British Empire was hit by two different crises on opposite sides of the world--the Jallianwala Bagh, or Amritsar, Massacre in the Punjab and the Croke Park Massacre, the first 'Bloody Sunday', in Ireland. This book provides a study at the cutting edge of British imperial historiography, concentrating on British imperial violence and the concept of collective punishment. This was the 'crisis of empire' following the political and ideological watershed of World War I. The British Empire had reached its greatest geographical extent, appeared powerful, liberal, humane and broadly sympathetic to gradual progress to responsible self-government. Yet the empire was faced with existential threats to its survival with demands for decolonisation, especially in India and Ireland, growing anti-imperialism at home, virtual bankruptcy and domestic social and economic unrest. Providing an original and closely-researched analysis of imperial violence in the aftermath of World War I, this book will be essential reading for historians of empire, South Asia and Ireland.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0857727060
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
In the aftermath of World War I, the British Empire was hit by two different crises on opposite sides of the world--the Jallianwala Bagh, or Amritsar, Massacre in the Punjab and the Croke Park Massacre, the first 'Bloody Sunday', in Ireland. This book provides a study at the cutting edge of British imperial historiography, concentrating on British imperial violence and the concept of collective punishment. This was the 'crisis of empire' following the political and ideological watershed of World War I. The British Empire had reached its greatest geographical extent, appeared powerful, liberal, humane and broadly sympathetic to gradual progress to responsible self-government. Yet the empire was faced with existential threats to its survival with demands for decolonisation, especially in India and Ireland, growing anti-imperialism at home, virtual bankruptcy and domestic social and economic unrest. Providing an original and closely-researched analysis of imperial violence in the aftermath of World War I, this book will be essential reading for historians of empire, South Asia and Ireland.
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
Author: Vishwa Nath Datta
Publisher: Virago Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
This volume is a collection of papers presented at a seminar on the Jallianwalla Bagh massacre held in 1994 at New Delhi. The seminar was organized by the Indian council of historical research on the 75th anniversary of the event.
Publisher: Virago Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
This volume is a collection of papers presented at a seminar on the Jallianwalla Bagh massacre held in 1994 at New Delhi. The seminar was organized by the Indian council of historical research on the 75th anniversary of the event.
State Violence and Punishment in India
Author: Taylor C. Sherman
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135224854
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
Exploring violent confrontation between the state and the population in colonial and postcolonial India, this book is both a study of the many techniques of colonial coercion and state violence and a cultural history of the different ways in which Indians imbued practices of punishment with their own meanings and reinterpreted acts of state violence in their own political campaigns. This work examines state violence from a historical perspective, expanding the study of punishment beyond the prison by investigating the interplay between imprisonment, corporal punishment, collective fines and state violence. It provides a fresh look at seminal events in the history of mid-twentieth century India, such as the massacre at Jallianwala Bagh, the non-cooperation and civil disobedience movements, the Quit India campaign, and the Hindu-Muslim riots of the 1930s and 1940s. The book extends its analysis into the postcolonial period by considering the ways in which partition and then the struggle against a communist insurgency reshaped practices of punishment and state violence in the first decade after independence. Ultimately, this research challenges prevailing conceptions of the nature of the state in colonial and postcolonial India, which have tended to assume that the state had the ambition and the ability to use the police, military and bureaucracy to dominate the population at will. It argues, on the contrary, that the state in twentieth-century India tended to be self-limiting, vulnerable, and replete with tensions. Relevant to those interested in contemporary India and the history of empire and decolonisation, this work provides a new framework for the study of state violence which will be invaluable to scholars of South Asian studies; violence, crime and punishment; and colonial and postcolonial history.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135224854
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
Exploring violent confrontation between the state and the population in colonial and postcolonial India, this book is both a study of the many techniques of colonial coercion and state violence and a cultural history of the different ways in which Indians imbued practices of punishment with their own meanings and reinterpreted acts of state violence in their own political campaigns. This work examines state violence from a historical perspective, expanding the study of punishment beyond the prison by investigating the interplay between imprisonment, corporal punishment, collective fines and state violence. It provides a fresh look at seminal events in the history of mid-twentieth century India, such as the massacre at Jallianwala Bagh, the non-cooperation and civil disobedience movements, the Quit India campaign, and the Hindu-Muslim riots of the 1930s and 1940s. The book extends its analysis into the postcolonial period by considering the ways in which partition and then the struggle against a communist insurgency reshaped practices of punishment and state violence in the first decade after independence. Ultimately, this research challenges prevailing conceptions of the nature of the state in colonial and postcolonial India, which have tended to assume that the state had the ambition and the ability to use the police, military and bureaucracy to dominate the population at will. It argues, on the contrary, that the state in twentieth-century India tended to be self-limiting, vulnerable, and replete with tensions. Relevant to those interested in contemporary India and the history of empire and decolonisation, this work provides a new framework for the study of state violence which will be invaluable to scholars of South Asian studies; violence, crime and punishment; and colonial and postcolonial history.
Iqbal and Tagore
Author: Muḥammad Ikrām Cug̲h̲tāʼī
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Comparative study of Muḥammad Iqbāl, 1877-1938, Urdu poet and philosopher and Rabindranath Tagore, 1861-1941, Bengali litterateur.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Comparative study of Muḥammad Iqbāl, 1877-1938, Urdu poet and philosopher and Rabindranath Tagore, 1861-1941, Bengali litterateur.
The Journal of Parliamentary Information
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Parliamentary practice
Languages : en
Pages : 916
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Parliamentary practice
Languages : en
Pages : 916
Book Description
Jallianwala Bagh Commemoration Volume and Amritsar and Our Duty to India
Author:
Publisher: Publication Bureau Pubjabi University
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
The Volume Covers Different Aspects Of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre And Provides Fresh Insights Into Understanting The Very Nature Of India`S Struggle For Freedom. It Shows That The Massacre, Shot Indian`S Faith In The Bonafides Of The British Government.
Publisher: Publication Bureau Pubjabi University
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
The Volume Covers Different Aspects Of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre And Provides Fresh Insights Into Understanting The Very Nature Of India`S Struggle For Freedom. It Shows That The Massacre, Shot Indian`S Faith In The Bonafides Of The British Government.
Economic and Political Weekly
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 912
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 912
Book Description
Prof. Harbans Singh Commemoration Volume
Author: Mohinder Singh
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Punjab (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Volume honoring Harbans Singh, 1907-1987, author and educationist; comprises contributed articles on Sikhism and Punjab.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Punjab (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Volume honoring Harbans Singh, 1907-1987, author and educationist; comprises contributed articles on Sikhism and Punjab.