Mushirul Hasan

Roads to Freedom

Prisoners Under Colonial Rule

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the history of prison and prisoners in colonial India. Based on substantial archival research, it presents the conditions of the prisoners, their vision for the freedom movement and the various aspects of prisons in the subcontinent.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 269
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 147mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780199458837
• ISBN-10: 0199458839
• Artikelnr.: 47868426

Autorenporträt

Mushirul Hasan is former Professor of History, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. His previous positions include Director General, National Archives of India, New Delhi (2010-13), and Vice Chancellor, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi (2004-9). He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2007.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Preface
1. Introduction: The Prisoners Paradise
2. Sunlight on a Broken Column
3. Jail, the gateway to freedom
4. The Karachi Trial
5. Calcuttas Maulana: Colonialism on Trial
6. Poets in Prisons
7.Long Walk to Freedom
8. Sunlight and Shadow in Prison
9. The Vessel will sink when the load of sin is great
10. Thy Flag will be laid in the dust: The Nehrus in Prison
11.Crafting History in a Cell
12. Conclusion: The Price of Freedom
Appendix I: Aseer-e Zindan: Poems from Prison
Appendix II: Tables
Index
About the Author