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Gandhi, Smuts and race in the British Empire : of passive and violent resistance / Peter Baxter.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baxter, Peter, 1962- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948.
- Gandhi.
- Smuts, Jan Christiaan, 1870-1950.
- Smuts, Jan Christiaan.
- Great Britain--Colonies.
- Great Britain.
- Colonies.
- Race.
- British colonies.
- Physical Description:
- 280 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Gandhi, Smuts & race in the British Empire
- Place of Publication:
- Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword History, 2017.
- Summary:
- In an age when English-speaking peoples straddled the globe, explore attitudes to race, identity and belonging across the British Empire, Juxtaposing the lives and work of Jan Christiaan Smuts and Mohandas K. Gandhi, Peter Baxter explores a unique perspective on race and imperial history, Explores the lesser-known history of Gandhi's work in South Africa, Takes a fresh perspective on Smuts's career, with the potential to emerge less as an ambassador of white South African racism, and more as the architect of many of the modern political institutions we take for granted today Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 The Meeting
- ch. 2 Smuts's South Africa
- ch. 3 Gandhi's South Africa
- ch. 4 Equal Rights for all Civilized Men
- ch. 5 Influence
- ch. 6 A Changing World
- ch. 7 The Asiatic Problem
- ch. 8 Protest
- ch. 9 The Green Pamphlet
- ch. 10 The Imperial Factor in South Africa
- ch. 11 The Colossus
- ch. 12 God's People
- ch. 13 The Great Betrayal
- ch. 14 The Disposition of God
- ch. 15 Of Passive and Violent Resistance
- ch. 16 Peace
- ch. 17 Transitions
- ch. 18 Fear and Labour
- ch. 19 A New Horizon
- ch. 20 Teach the Natives a Lesson
- ch. 21 The African Man
- ch. 22 The Black Act
- ch. 23 A Meeting of Minds
- ch. 24 Satyagraha
- ch. 25 A House Divided
- ch. 26 The New South Africa
- ch. 27 The Mahatma
- ch. 28 Labour Imperium
- ch. 29 Women and Children First
- ch. 30 Denouement
- ch. 31 An Omission of Inquiry.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781473896215
- 1473896215
- OCLC:
- 973919368
- Publisher Number:
- 99972589987
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