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Gandhian nonviolent struggle and untouchability in South India : the 1924-25 Vykom Satyagraha and the mechanisms of change
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- King, Mary E., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Passive resistance--History--20th century--India--Travancore (Princely State).
- Passive resistance.
- Nonviolence--History--20th century--India--Travancore (Princely State).
- Nonviolence.
- Caste--History--20th century--India.
- Caste.
- Dalits--History--20th Century--India.
- Dalits.
- Travancore (Princely State)--Politics and government--20th century.
- Travancore (Princely State).
- Travancore (Princely State)--Social life and customs--20th century.
- Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948.
- Gandhi.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Through an analysis of the twenty-month long Gandhian Satyagraha (non-violent resistance) against untouchability at Vykom, Kerala, in the mid-1920s, this book explores new approaches to the understanding and practice of non-violence as a means of civil protest.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 3, 2015).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-908527-7
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