Gender and Violence in British India

Gender and Violence in British India
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 155
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ISBN-10 : 9781137448545
ISBN-13 : 1137448547
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Book Synopsis Gender and Violence in British India by : R. McLain

Download or read book Gender and Violence in British India written by R. McLain and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-08-20 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In British India, the years during and following World War I saw imperial unity deteriorate into a bitter dispute over "native" effeminacy and India's postwar fitness for self-rule. This study demonstrates that increasingly ferocious dispute culminated in the actual physical violence of the Amritsar Massacre of 1919.

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