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Amritsar 1919 : an empire of fear & the making of a massacre / Kim A. Wagner.

By: Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: xxvi, 325 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780300200355
  • 9780300250718
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 954.0357 23 W132
Contents:
Shadows of the mutiny -- Pool of nectar -- Rowlatt Satyagraha -- Party of anarchy (30 March-9 April) -- Like wildfire (10 April) -- Tokens of violence (10 April) -- All force necessary (11 April) -- A state of rebellion (12 April) -- Baisakhi (13 April) -- Massacre (13 April) -- Forces of terror (14-30 April) -- Testimony of blood -- A piece of inhumanity -- Aftershocks -- An empire of fear -- Jallianwala Bagh.
Summary: The Amritsar Massacre of 1919 was a seminal moment in the history of the British Empire, yet it remains poorly understood. In this dramatic account, Kim A. Wagner details the perspectives of ordinary people and argues that General Dyer's order to open fire at Jallianwalla Bagh was an act of fear. Situating the massacre within the "deep" context of British colonial mentality and the local dynamics of Indian nationalism, Wagner provides a genuinely nuanced approach to the bloody history of the British Empire.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-313) and index.

Shadows of the mutiny -- Pool of nectar -- Rowlatt Satyagraha -- Party of anarchy (30 March-9 April) -- Like wildfire (10 April) -- Tokens of violence (10 April) -- All force necessary (11 April) -- A state of rebellion (12 April) -- Baisakhi (13 April) -- Massacre (13 April) -- Forces of terror (14-30 April) -- Testimony of blood -- A piece of inhumanity -- Aftershocks -- An empire of fear -- Jallianwala Bagh.

The Amritsar Massacre of 1919 was a seminal moment in the history of the British Empire, yet it remains poorly understood. In this dramatic account, Kim A. Wagner details the perspectives of ordinary people and argues that General Dyer's order to open fire at Jallianwalla Bagh was an act of fear. Situating the massacre within the "deep" context of British colonial mentality and the local dynamics of Indian nationalism, Wagner provides a genuinely nuanced approach to the bloody history of the British Empire.