Last Weapons: Hunger Strikes and Fasts in the British Empire, 1890–1948
Author:   Kevin Grant
Publisher:   University of California Press
Volume:   16
ISBN:  

9780520301009


Pages:   232
Publication Date:   18 June 2019
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Kevin Grant
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Volume:   16
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780520301009


ISBN 10:   0520301005
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   18 June 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Knowing Starvation: Science and Strange Stories 2. British Suff ragettes and the Russian Method of Hunger Strike, 1890-1914 3. A Shared Sacrifice: Hunger Strikes by Irish Women and Men, 1912-1946 4. Building the Nation's Temple: Hunger Strikes and Fasts by Nationalists in India, 1912-1948 5. The Rule of Exceptions: Hunger Strikes and Political Prisoner Status in Britain, Ireland, and India, 1909-1946 Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index

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Well-researched and insightful. . . .Grant's perceptive study reveals the extents and limits of activists' use of the hunger strike to challenge the state. * Journal of Modern History *


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Kevin Grant is the Edgar B. Graves Professor of History at Hamilton College.

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