Great soul Mahatma Gandhi and his struggle with India

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780307595362 (electronic bk. : Adobe EPUB)
ISBN: 0307595366 (electronic bk. : Adobe EPUB)
ISBN: 9780307595362 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0307595366 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (xv, 425 p.) : ill., maps
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.