| Haj to Utopia: How the Ghadar Movement Charted Global Radicalism and Attempted to Overthrow the British Empire Volume 19 Contributor(s): Ramnath, Maia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0520269543 ISBN-13: 9780520269545 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $68.26 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | History & Theory - General - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Radicalism - History | Asia - India & South Asia |
| Dewey: 320.540 |
| LCCN: 2010052331 |
| Series: California World History Library |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.1" W x 9" (1.25 lbs) 332 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Cultural Region - Indian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |