| 'when the War Began We Heard of Several Kings': South Asian Prisoners in World War I Germany Contributor(s): Roy, Franziska (Editor), Liebau, Heike (Editor), Ahuja, Ravi (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1138103713 ISBN-13: 9781138103719 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $137.70 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War I - Political Science | World - Asian - History | Asia - India & South Asia |
| Physical Information: 273 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Cultural Region - Indian - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The book is a moving account of about two thousand South Asians mostly sailors and soldiers from villages in Bengal, Nepal, the Northwest Frontier and Punjab, who were held for years in German prison camps. They attracted the close attention of army officers, diplomats and secret agents, of emigrant revolutionaries of India, of German artists, academics and industrialists. The book introduces and makes available rich German archives as yet unknown to the non-German speaking world. |