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Amritsar, 1919 : an empire of fear & the making of a massacre / Kim A. Wagner.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, (c)2019.Description: 1 online resource : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780300245462
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • DS480 .A475 2019
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Contents:
Pool of nectar -- Rowlatt and Satyagraha -- Party of Anarchy -- Like Wildfire -- Tokens of violence -- All force necessary -- A state of rebellion -- Baisakhi -- Massacre -- Forces of terror -- Testimony of blood -- A piece of inhumanity -- Aftershocks -- Conclussion An empire of fear -- Epilogue Jallianwala Bagh
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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Includes bibliographies and index.

Prologue shadows of the mutiny -- Pool of nectar -- Rowlatt and Satyagraha -- Party of Anarchy -- Like Wildfire -- Tokens of violence -- All force necessary -- A state of rebellion -- Baisakhi -- Massacre -- Forces of terror -- Testimony of blood -- A piece of inhumanity -- Aftershocks -- Conclussion An empire of fear -- Epilogue Jallianwala Bagh

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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