India and World War I: a centennial assessment
India and World War I: a centennial assessment
World War I directly and indirectly caused events and social and political trends which defined the history of the world for the rest of the century, including the Russian Revolution and the rise of communism to the Great Crash of 1929 which lead to the Great Depression and the rise of Hitler and Nazi Germany. It marked a turning point in world history as the end of the historical era of European dominance and the ushering in of a period which accelerated demands for freedom and autonomy in colonial settings. India played a significant role in the war and in the Allied victory on the battlefield.
This book explores India’s involvement in the Great War and the way the war impacted upon the country from a variety of different viewpoints including case studies focusing on key individuals who played vital roles in the war. The long and short term impacts of the war on different locations in India are also explored in the chapters which offer an analysis of the importance of the war on India while commemorating the sacrifices which were made.
A new, innovative and multidisciplinary examination of India and World War I, this book presents a select number of case studies showing the intimate relationship of the global war and its social, political and economic impacts on the Indian subcontinent. It will be of interest to academics in the field of War Studies, Colonial and Imperial History and South Asian and Modern Indian History.
India First World War
Long, Roger D.
c6415bba-fe9b-4670-bd6f-aaf7573854cd
Talbot, Ian
b240135a-0cab-4162-b8a6-922fbeec492f
2 February 2018
Long, Roger D.
c6415bba-fe9b-4670-bd6f-aaf7573854cd
Talbot, Ian
b240135a-0cab-4162-b8a6-922fbeec492f
Long, Roger D. and Talbot, Ian
(eds.)
(2018)
India and World War I: a centennial assessment
(Routledge Studies in South Asian History),
1st ed.
Abingdon.
Routledge, 224pp.
Abstract
World War I directly and indirectly caused events and social and political trends which defined the history of the world for the rest of the century, including the Russian Revolution and the rise of communism to the Great Crash of 1929 which lead to the Great Depression and the rise of Hitler and Nazi Germany. It marked a turning point in world history as the end of the historical era of European dominance and the ushering in of a period which accelerated demands for freedom and autonomy in colonial settings. India played a significant role in the war and in the Allied victory on the battlefield.
This book explores India’s involvement in the Great War and the way the war impacted upon the country from a variety of different viewpoints including case studies focusing on key individuals who played vital roles in the war. The long and short term impacts of the war on different locations in India are also explored in the chapters which offer an analysis of the importance of the war on India while commemorating the sacrifices which were made.
A new, innovative and multidisciplinary examination of India and World War I, this book presents a select number of case studies showing the intimate relationship of the global war and its social, political and economic impacts on the Indian subcontinent. It will be of interest to academics in the field of War Studies, Colonial and Imperial History and South Asian and Modern Indian History.
This record has no associated files available for download.
More information
Published date: 2 February 2018
Additional Information:
The edited volume examines the role that India played during the First World War. There is a concern both with the 'home front, in the Bombay Presidency, Punjab and Calcutta, the areas of Indian military recruitment and theatres of war. The impact if the struggle on Indian nationalism is examined through the careers of Annie Besant and M.K. Gandhi.
Keywords:
India First World War
Identifiers
Local EPrints ID: 418259
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/418259
PURE UUID: 86148d55-f87b-40d6-bfa5-8f17beff99b2
Catalogue record
Date deposited: 27 Feb 2018 17:30
Last modified: 08 Jan 2022 13:20
Export record
Contributors
Editor:
Roger D. Long
Download statistics
Downloads from ePrints over the past year. Other digital versions may also be available to download e.g. from the publisher's website.
View more statistics