Gentlemanly Terrorists: Political Violence and the Colonial State in India, 1919-1947 by Durba Ghosh

Gentlemanly Terrorists: Political Violence and the Colonial State in India, 1919-1947

Critical Perspectives on Empire

Durba Ghosh

290 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced

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In Gentlemanly Terrorists, Durba Ghosh uncovers the critical place of revolutionary terrorism in the colonial and postcolonial history of modern India. She reveals how so-called 'Bhadralok dacoits' used assassinations, bomb attacks, and armed robb...

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