David E. Omissi
Hard to rate a collection of primary sources but v useful for my final paper for a course Indian soldiers served in France fromto.
This book is a selection of their letters, By turns poignant, funny, and almost unbearably moving, these documents vividly evoke the world of the Western Front as seen through 'subaltern' Indian eyes.
The letters also bear eloquent witness to the sepoys' often unsettling encounter with Europe, and with European culture, This book helps to map the imaginative landscape of South Asia's warriorpeasant communities, .
Epub | Indian Voices of the Great War: Soldiers Letters, 1914 18 |
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ISBN | 0333751442 |
ISBN-13 | 9780333751442 |
Publication | First published January 1, 1999 |
Format Type | Hardcover |