The proudest day : India's long road to independence /
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| Author / Creator: | Read, Anthony. |
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| Edition: | 1st American ed. |
| Imprint: | New York : W.W. Norton, 1998. |
| Description: | xxv, 565 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3167407 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Illustrations
- Glossary
- Maps
- Acknowledgements
- Prologue
- 1. 'In Quiet Trade'
- 2. 'The Strangest of all Empires'
- 3. 'The Moaning of the Hurricane'
- 4. 'The Mildest Form of Government is Despotism'
- 5. 'If Fifty Men Cannot be Found ...'
- 6. 'The Gravity of the Blunder'
- 7. 'No Bombs, No Boons'
- 8. 'A Spontaneous Loyalty'
- 9. 'An Indefensible System'
- 10. 'God Bless Gandhi'
- 11. 'A Himalayan Miscalculation'
- 12. 'The Very Brink of Chaos and Anarchy'
- 13. 'A Butchery of Our Souls'
- 14. 'A Year's Grace and a Polite Ultimatum'
- 15. 'A Mad Risk'
- 16. 'Civil Martial Law'
- 17. 'The Empty Fruits of Office'
- 18. 'The Congress Asked for Bread and it has Got a Stone'
- 19. 'A Landmark in the Future History of India'
- 20. 'A Post-dated Cheque on a Bank that is Failing'
- 21. 'Leave India to God -- or to Anarchy'
- 22. 'The Two Great Mountains have Met -- and not even a Ridiculous Mouse has Emerged'
- 23. 'Patriots not Traitors'