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Haj to Utopia : how the Ghadar movement charted global radicalism and attempted to overthrow the British empire / Maia Ramnath.
De Gruyter University of California Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ramnath, Maia, 1973-
- Series:
- California world history library ; 19.
- The California world history library ; no. 19
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hindustan Gadar Party--History--20th century.
- Hindustan Gadar Party.
- Nationalism--History--20th century.
- Nationalism.
- Social movements--History--20th century.
- Social movements.
- Political activists--History--20th century.
- Political activists.
- Social reformers--History--20th century.
- Social reformers.
- Revolutionaries--History--20th century.
- Revolutionaries.
- World politics--1900-1918.
- World politics.
- World politics--1919-1932.
- India--Politics and government--20th century.
- India.
- India--History--Autonomy and independence movements.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (343 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In Haj to Utopia, Maia Ramnath tells the dramatic story of Ghadar, the Indian anticolonial movement that attempted overthrow of the British Empire. Founded by South Asian immigrants in California, Ghadar-which is translated as "mutiny"-quickly became a global presence in East Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and East Africa. Ramnath brings this epic struggle to life as she traces Ghadar's origins to the Swadeshi Movement in Bengal, its establishment of headquarters in Berkeley, California, and its fostering by anarchists in London, Paris, and Berlin. Linking Britain's declaration of war on Germany in 1914 to Ghadar's declaration of war on Britain, Ramnath vividly recounts how 8,000 rebels were deployed from around the world to take up the battle in Hindustan. Haj to Utopia demonstrates how far-flung freedom fighters managed to articulate a radical new world order out of seemingly contradictory ideas.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Contents
- Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. "The Air of Freedom": Ghadar in America
- 2. Our Name Is Our Work: The Syndicalist Ghadar
- 3. Enemies of Enemies ... : The Nationalist Ghadar
- 4. ... and Friends: The Republican Ghadar
- 5. Toilers of the East: The Communist Ghadar
- 6. "Dear Muhammedan Brothers": The Khilafatist Ghadar
- 7. Lal Salaams: Ghadar and the Bolshevik Muhajirin
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-311) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613520609
- 9780520950399
- 0520950399
- 9781280105494
- 1280105496
- OCLC:
- 774278955
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