Lelyveld, Joseph.

Great soul : Mahatma Gandhi and his struggle with India / Joseph Lelyveld. - 1st ed. - New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. - xv, 425 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

"This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

South Africa -- Prologue : an unwelcome visitor -- No-touchism -- Among Zulus -- Upper house -- Leading the indentured -- India -- Waking India -- Unapproachability -- Hail, deliverer -- Fast unto death -- Village of service -- Mass mayhem -- Do or die.

In this ambitious, original study, Pulitzer Prize-winner Lelyveld sets out to measure Gandhi's accomplishments as a politician and an advocate for the downtrodden--against Gandhi's own expectations and in light of his complex, conflicted feelings about his place in Indian history.

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Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948.


Statesmen--India--Biography.
Nationalists--India--Biography.


India--Politics and government--1919-1947.
South Africa--Politics and government--1836-1909.

DS481.G3 / L337 2011

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