{"product_id":"rebels-against-the-raj-western-fighters-for-indias-freedom-9781101874837","title":"Rebels Against the Raj: Western Fighters for India's Freedom","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn extraordinary history of resistance and the fight for Indian independence--the little-known story of seven foreigners to India who joined the movement fighting for freedom from British colonial rule.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eRebels Against the Raj\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of seven people who chose to struggle for a country other than their own: foreigners to India who across the late 19th to late 20th century arrived to join the freedom movement fighting for independence from British colonial rule. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOf the seven, four were British, two American, and one Irish. Four men, three women. Before and after being jailed or deported they did remarkable and pioneering work in a variety of fields: journalism, social reform, education, the emancipation of women, environmentalism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book tells their stories, each renegade motivated by idealism and genuine sacrifice; each connected to Gandhi, though some as acolytes where others found endless infuriation in his views; each understanding they would likely face prison sentences for their resistance, and likely live and die in India; each one leaving a profound impact on the region in which they worked, their legacies continuing through the institutions they founded and the generations and individuals they inspired. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough these entwined lives, wonderfully told by one of the world's finest historians, we reach deep insights into relations between India and the West, and India's story as a country searching for its identity and liberty beyond British colonial rule.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRAMACHANDRA GUHA has taught at Yale and Stanford universities, the University of Oslo, the Indian Institute of Science, and the London School of Economics. His books include \u003ci\u003eGandhi: The Years That Changed the World, 1914-1948, Gandhi Before India\u003c\/i\u003e (a 2014 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book and a \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year), and the award-winning \u003ci\u003eIndia After Gandhi\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written on social and political issues for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, \u003c\/i\u003eand for the British and Indian press, including columns in the \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eHindustan Times.\u003c\/i\u003e He lives in Bangalore, India.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50382658470162,"sku":"9781101874837","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e13b620e-831f-4573-8663-f9327a8e82dd.jpg?v=1728713661","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/rebels-against-the-raj-western-fighters-for-indias-freedom-9781101874837","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}