| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 425 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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"This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
In this ambitious, original study, Pulitzer Prize-winner Lelyveld sets out to measure Gandhi's accomplishments as a politician and an advocate for the downtrodden--against Gandhi's own expectations and in light of his complex, conflicted feelings about his place in Indian history. |
| Contents |
South Africa -- Prologue : an unwelcome visitor -- No-touchism -- Among Zulus -- Upper house -- Leading the indentured -- India -- Waking India -- Unapproachability -- Hail, deliverer -- Fast unto death -- Village of service -- Mass mayhem -- Do or die. |
| Subject |
Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948.
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Statesmen -- India -- Biography.
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Nationalists -- India -- Biography.
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India -- Politics and government -- 1919-1947.
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South Africa -- Politics and government -- 1836-1909.
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| Genre |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lelyveld, Joseph. Great soul. 1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011 9780307269584 (DLC) 2010034252 (OCoLC)657270884 |
| ISBN |
9780307595362 (electronic bk. : Adobe EPUB) |
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0307595366 (electronic bk. : Adobe EPUB) |
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9780307595362 (electronic bk.) |
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0307595366 (electronic bk.) |
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