Gandhi before India
By: Ramachandra Guha
Publisher: Random House Canada
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 672
ISBN-13: 9780307357922
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Statesmen; Biography; East Indians; Politics and government; Social reformers; Hommes d'État; Biographies; Indiens (Habitants de l'Inde); Politique et gouvernement; Réformateurs sociaux
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Issued also in electronic format.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: Gandhi from all angles; title: Middle caste, middle rank; title: Among the vegetarians; title: From coast to coast; title: A barrister in Durban; title: Travelling activist; title: Lawyer-loyalist; title: White against brown; title: Pluralist and puritan; title: Trouble in the Transvaal; title: A lobbyist in London; title: From conciliation to confrontation; title: To jail; title: A Tolstoyan in Johannesburg; title: Prisoner of conscience; title: Big little chief; title: The contest of civilizations; title: Seeking a settlement; title: A son departs, a mentor arrives; title: A physician at Phoenix; title: Breaking boundaries; title: Fairwell to Africa; title: How the Mahatma was made.