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Gandhi in the West : (Record no. 2037)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN	9781107014114
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number	322.4 Se16 G
Item number	101963
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name	Sean Scalmer
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title	Gandhi in the West :
Remainder of title	The Mahatma and the Rise of Radical Protest /
Statement of responsibility, etc.	Sean Scalmer
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication	New Delhi
Name of publisher	Cambridge University Press
Date of publication	2011
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages	248
Accompanying material	24 cm.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note	The non-violent protests of civil rights activists and anti-nuclear campaigners during the 1960s helped to redefine Western politics. But where did they come from? Sean Scalmer uncovers their history in an earlier generation's intense struggles to understand and emulate the activities of Mahatma Gandhi. He shows how Gandhi's non-violent protests were the subject of widespread discussion and debate in the USA and UK for several decades. Though at first misrepresented by Western newspapers they were patiently described and clarified by a devoted group of cosmopolitan advocates. Small groups of Westerners experimented with Gandhian techniques in virtual anonymity and then on the cusp of the 1960s brought these methods to a wider audience. The swelling protests of later years increasingly abandoned the spirit of non-violence and the central significance of Gandhi and his supporters has therefore been forgotten. This book recovers this tradition charts its transformation and ponders its abiding significance.
505 8# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note	Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Meeting the Mahatma; 2. Gandhism in action; 3. At war over words; 4. Waiting for the peace train; 5. The experimenters; 6. An idea whose time has come?; 7. Transformations unforeseen; Conclusion.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc.	"The non-violent protests of civil rights activists and anti-nuclear campaigners during the 1960s helped to redefine Western politics. But where did they come from? Sean Scalmer uncovers their history in an earlier generation's intense struggles to understand and emulate the activities of Mahatma Gandhi. He shows how Gandhi's non-violent protests were the subject of widespread discussion and debate in the USA and UK for several decades. Though at first misrepresented by Western newspapers, they were patiently described and clarified by a devoted group of cosmopolitan advocates. Small groups of Westerners experimented with Gandhian techniques in virtual anonymity and then, on the cusp of the 1960s, brought these methods to a wider audience. The swelling protests of later years increasingly abandoned the spirit of non-violence, and the central significance of Gandhi and his supporters has therefore been forgotten. This book recovers this tradition, charts its transformation, and ponders its abiding significance"--
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY -- TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term	Nonviolence
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY -- TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term	Nonviolence
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY -- TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term	Protest movements
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY -- TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term	Protest movements
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY -- TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term	Antinuclear movement
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY -- TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term	African Americans
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY -- TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term	Civil rights movements
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY -- TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term	HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century
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Withdrawn status	Lost status	Damaged status	Not for loan	Collection code	Home library	Current library	Shelving location	Date acquired	Purchase price	Full call number	Barcode	Date last seen	Koha item type
				Non-fiction	Ubhayabharati	Ubhayabharati	General Stacks	06/03/2018	895.00	322.4 Se16 G 101963	101963	06/03/2018	Books