02489nam 2200541Ia 450 991078987100332120230126204937.01-283-38049-897866133804941-4411-2577-9(CKB)2670000000139788(EBL)831535(OCoLC)769344406(MiAaPQ)EBC831535(Au-PeEL)EBL831535(CaPaEBR)ebr10523452(CaONFJC)MIL338049(EXLCZ)99267000000013978820111229d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||South Asian Resistances in Britain, 1858-1947[electronic resource] /edited by Rehana Ahmed and Sumita MukherjeeLondon ;New York Continuum International Publishing20121 online resource (202 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4411-1756-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.This volume offers an alternative way of conceiving the history of Britain by excavating and exploring the numerous ways in which South Asians in Britain engaged in radical discourse and political activism from 1858 to 1947, before their more permanent migration and settlement. The book focuses on a tumultuous period of resistance against the backdrop of high imperialism under the reign of Victoria, through the turmoil of two World Wars and Partition in 1947. As well as addressing resistances against empire and hierarchies of race, the authors investigate how South Asians in Britain mobilized South AsiansGreat BritainEconomic conditionsSouth AsiansGreat BritainHistory19th centurySouth AsiansGreat BritainHistory20th centurySouth AsiansGreat BritainSocial conditionsGreat BritainRace relationsHistory19th centuryGreat BritainRace relationsHistory20th centurySouth AsiansEconomic conditions.South AsiansHistorySouth AsiansHistorySouth AsiansSocial conditions.305.895041Ahmed Rehana1482953Mukherjee Sumita1482954MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789871003321South Asian Resistances in Britain, 1858-19473700913UNINA