Amritsar, 1919 an empire of fear & the making of a massacre
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 fea...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New Haven
Yale University Press
[2019], 2019
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| Collection: | JSTOR Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| 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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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource illustrations, maps |
| ISBN: | 0300245467 9780300245462 |