Kim Wagner Amritsar 1919 (Paperback)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Amritsar 1919Condition: NewEAN: 9780300250718ISBN: 9780300250718Publisher: Yale University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 08/13/2019Item Height: 235mmItem Length: 156mmAuthor: Kim WagnerLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: An Empire of Fear and the Making of a MassacreISBN-10: 0300250711Description: A powerful reassessment of a seminal moment in the history of India and the British Empire: the Amritsar Massacre“Amritsar 1919 chronicles the run up to Jallianwala Bagh with spellbinding, almost minute-by-minute focus. . . . Mr. Wagner’s achievement is one of balance—of minutiae and sweep and, above, all, of perspective.”—Maxwell Carter, Wall Street Journal 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.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: HistoryRelease Year: 2019 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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