{"product_id":"haj-to-utopia-how-the-ghadar-movement-charted-global-radicalism-and-attempted-to-overthrow-the-british-empire-volume-19-hardcover","title":"Haj to Utopia: How the Ghadar Movement Charted Global Radicalism and Attempted to Overthrow the British Empire Volume 19 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaia Ramnath\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHaj to Utopia\u003c\/i\u003e, Maia Ramnath tells the dramatic story of Ghadar, the Indian anticolonial movement that attempted overthrow of the British Empire. Founded by South Asian immigrants in California, Ghadar-which is translated as \"mutiny\"-quickly became a global presence in East Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and East Africa. Ramnath brings this epic struggle to life as she traces Ghadar's origins to the Swadeshi Movement in Bengal, its establishment of headquarters in Berkeley, California, and its fostering by anarchists in London, Paris, and Berlin. Linking Britain's declaration of war on Germany in 1914 to Ghadar's declaration of war on Britain, Ramnath vividly recounts how 8,000 rebels were deployed from around the world to take up the battle in Hindustan. \u003ci\u003eHaj to Utopia\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates how far-flung freedom fighters managed to articulate a radical new world order out of seemingly contradictory ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaia Ramnath's \u003ci\u003eHaj to Utopia\u003c\/i\u003e is an odyssey through the world of early twentieth-century political radicalism, with a focus on the freedom dreams of those of Indian ancestry who found themselves on the West Coast of the United States. She traces with pointillist care the unruly imaginations fired up by empire's unimaginative rule. To be read and re-read.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--Vijay Prashad, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaia Ramnath's \u003ci\u003eHaj to Utopia\u003c\/i\u003e is a thought-provoking study of the Ghadar project for revolutionary change. Going beyond the frame of a nationalist, armed struggle for the overthrow of British rule in India, the author deftly explores and contextualizes the links between Ghadar and a medley of revolutionary groups, and the exotic mix of radical ideas and activities. It provides valuable insight into the peculiar conjunction of nationalist, pan-Islamist, and Marxian discourses which made Ghadar a unique revolutionary adventure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --Harish K. Puri, author \u003ci\u003eGhadar Movement: Ideology, Organisation and Strategy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Maia Ramnath's book on the Ghadar Movement is an impressive accomplishment: it is at once an in-depth monograph surpassing all previous work on the subject, and a model of how world history should be written. She places the Ghadar in the perspective of pre-nationalist, anti-imperialist struggles, connecting it with other contemporary revolutionary movements around the world. It is empirically rich--Ramnath explores all extant empirical sources and illuminates them with exacting theoretical insights.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--Dilip Basu, University of California, Santa Cruz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Maia Ramnath's meticulous scholarship enables her to effortlessly avoid the old clichés of nationalist historiography and the new clichés of 'global' and 'cosmopolitan' history. \u003ci\u003eThe Haj to Utopia\u003c\/i\u003e is respectful of detail and context and has a fine feeling for the diverse social histories and intellectual movements in which its characters find themselves.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--Benjamin Zachariah, author of \u003ci\u003ePlaying the Nation Game: the Ambiguities of Nationalism in India\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaia Ramnath's \u003ci\u003eHaj to Utopia\u003c\/i\u003e is an odyssey through the world of early twentieth-century political radicalism, with a focus on the freedom dreams of those of Indian ancestry who found themselves on the West Coast of the United States. She traces with pointillist care the unruly imaginations fired up by empire's unimaginative rule. To be read and re-read.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--Vijay Prashad, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Maia Ramnath's \u003ci\u003eHaj to Utopia\u003c\/i\u003e is a thought-provoking study of the Ghadar project for revolutionary change. Going beyond the frame of a nationalist, armed struggle for the overthrow of British rule in India, the author deftly explores and contextualizes the links between Ghadar and a medley of revolutionary groups, and the exotic mix of radical ideas and activities. It provides valuable insight into the peculiar conjunction of nationalist, pan-Islamist, and Marxian discourses which made Ghadar a unique revolutionary adventure.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --Harish K. Puri, author \u003ci\u003eGhadar Movement: Ideology, Organisation and Strategy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Maia Ramnath's book on the Ghadar Movement is an impressive accomplishment: it is at once an in-depth monograph surpassing all previous work on the subject, and a model of how world history should be written. She places the Ghadar in the perspective of pre-nationalist, anti-imperialist struggles, connecting it with other contemporary revolutionary movements around the world. It is empirically rich--Ramnath explores all extant empirical sources and illuminates them with exacting theoretical insights.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--Dilip Basu, University of California, Santa Cruz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Maia Ramnath's meticulous scholarship enables her to effortlessly avoid the old clichés of nationalist historiography and the new clichés of 'global' and 'cosmopolitan' history. \u003ci\u003eThe Haj to Utopia\u003c\/i\u003e is respectful of detail and context and has a fine feeling for the diverse social histories and intellectual movements in which its characters find themselves.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--Benjamin Zachariah, author of \u003ci\u003ePlaying the Nation Game: the Ambiguities of Nationalism in India\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaia Ramnath\u003c\/b\u003e teaches Global Histories at New York University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 332\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45774310179013,"sku":"9780520269545","price":124.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/y-RTLzxYoT9780520269545.webp?v=1770520962","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/haj-to-utopia-how-the-ghadar-movement-charted-global-radicalism-and-attempted-to-overthrow-the-british-empire-volume-19-hardcover","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}