Gandhi before India
Ramachandra Guha (Author)
A first volume of a series detailing the life and work of the influential political advocate draws on private papers and other untapped sources to cover his birth in 1869 through his upbringing in Gujarat, discussing his London education and decades as a lawyer in South Africa
Print Book,English, 2015
First Vintage Books editionView all formats and editions
Vintage Books, New York, 2015
Biographies
x, 672 pages : maps ; 21 cm
9780307474780, 030747478X
903907799
Prologue: Gandhi from all angles
1. Middle caste, middle rank
2. Among the vegetarians
3. From coast to coast
4. A barrister in Durban
5. Travelling activist
6. Lawyer-loyalist
7. White against brown
8. Pluralist and puritan
9. Trouble in the Transvaal
10. A lobbyist in London
11. From conciliation to confrontation
12. To jail
13. A Tolstoyan in Johannesburg
14. Prisoner of conscience
15. Big little chief
16. The contest of civilizations
17. Seeking a settlement
18. A son departs, a mentor arrives
19. A physician at Phoenix
20. Breaking boundaries
21. Farewell to Africa
22. How the Mahatma was made
Includes index