India at war : the subcontinent and the Second World War /
Khan, Yasmin, 1977-
India at war : the subcontinent and the Second World War / Yasmin Khan - Oxford, Oxford University Press, ©2015 - xvi, 416 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates ; 25 cm
"First published in Great Britain in 2015 as The Raj at War by The Bodley Head"--Title page verso
Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-397)and index
Prologue -- 1. An Empire Committed -- 2. Peasants into Soldiers -- 3. Into the Middle East and North Africa -- 4. Free and Willing Human Beings -- 5. Not a Paisa, Not a Man -- 6. Bombed to Hell -- 7. Money Coming, Money Coming -- 8. An Empire Exposed -- 9. Urban Panic -- 10. The World at the Door -- 11. Thirty Months Too Late -- 12. Welcome to Bombay -- 13. Plantations and Paddyfields -- 14. Living Dangerously -- 15. Scorched Earth -- 16. The Cogs in a Watch -- 17. Longing and Loss -- 18. Catalyst of Change -- 19. Man-a-Mile Road -- 20. Insults and Discriminations -- 21. Empires, Lost and Found -- 22. Celebrations and Recriminations -- 23. The Sepoy's Return -- Chronology of Major Events -- List of Illustrations -- List of Maps -- List of Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Note on Sources
9780199753499 (hardback : acidfree paper) 0199753490 (hardback : acidfree paper) 9780190228910 0190228911 9780190228927 019022892X
2015008472
World War, 1939-1945--India.
World War, 1939-1945--Participation, East Indian
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--India
Social change--History--India--20th century
War and society--History--India--20th century
India--History--1919-1947
India--Social conditions--20th century
D767.6 / .K45 2015
ARCH FRBC 940.53 K45I
India at war : the subcontinent and the Second World War / Yasmin Khan - Oxford, Oxford University Press, ©2015 - xvi, 416 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates ; 25 cm
"First published in Great Britain in 2015 as The Raj at War by The Bodley Head"--Title page verso
Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-397)and index
Prologue -- 1. An Empire Committed -- 2. Peasants into Soldiers -- 3. Into the Middle East and North Africa -- 4. Free and Willing Human Beings -- 5. Not a Paisa, Not a Man -- 6. Bombed to Hell -- 7. Money Coming, Money Coming -- 8. An Empire Exposed -- 9. Urban Panic -- 10. The World at the Door -- 11. Thirty Months Too Late -- 12. Welcome to Bombay -- 13. Plantations and Paddyfields -- 14. Living Dangerously -- 15. Scorched Earth -- 16. The Cogs in a Watch -- 17. Longing and Loss -- 18. Catalyst of Change -- 19. Man-a-Mile Road -- 20. Insults and Discriminations -- 21. Empires, Lost and Found -- 22. Celebrations and Recriminations -- 23. The Sepoy's Return -- Chronology of Major Events -- List of Illustrations -- List of Maps -- List of Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Note on Sources
9780199753499 (hardback : acidfree paper) 0199753490 (hardback : acidfree paper) 9780190228910 0190228911 9780190228927 019022892X
2015008472
World War, 1939-1945--India.
World War, 1939-1945--Participation, East Indian
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--India
Social change--History--India--20th century
War and society--History--India--20th century
India--History--1919-1947
India--Social conditions--20th century
D767.6 / .K45 2015
ARCH FRBC 940.53 K45I