Amritsar, 1919 : an empire of fear & the making of a massacre /

Amritsar, 1919 : an empire of fear & the making of a massacre /

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Author / Creator:	Wagner, Kim A., author.
Imprint:	New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019] ©2019
Description:	xxvi, 325 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Amritsar Massacre (Amritsar, India : 1919) Amritsar Massacre, Amritsar, India, 1919. India -- Amritsar.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11802471

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ISBN:	9780300200355 0300200358 9780300250718 0300250711
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-313) and index.
Summary:	The Amritsar Massacre of 1919 was a seminal moment in the history of the British Empire, yet it remains poorly understood. In this dramatic account, Kim A. Wagner details the perspectives of ordinary people and argues that General Dyer's order to open fire at Jallianwalla Bagh was an act of fear. Situating the massacre within the "deep" context of British colonial mentality and the local dynamics of Indian nationalism, Wagner provides a genuinely nuanced approach to the bloody history of the British Empire.

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Call Number:	DS480.5 .W34 2019
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