TY - BOOK AU - Khan,Yasmin TI - India at war: the subcontinent and the Second World War SN - 9780199753499 (hardback : acidfree paper) AV - D767.6 .K45 2015 U1 - ARCH FRBC 940.53 K45I PY - 2015/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - India KW - Participation, East Indian KW - Social aspects KW - Social change KW - History KW - 20th century KW - War and society KW - 1919-1947 KW - Social conditions N1 - "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 ER -