Description
| Product ID: | 9789392130649 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Banned & Censored |
| Subtitle: | What the British Raj Didn't Want Us To Read |
| Authors: | Author: Devika Sethi |
| Page Count: | 352 |
| Subjects: | Asian history, Asian history, History, History, Colonialism and imperialism, Ethical issues: censorship, Publishing and book trade, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Colonialism & imperialism, Ethical issues: censorship, Publishing industry & book trade, India, British Empire, c 1800 to c 1900, 20th century |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The book dives into the history of sedition and censorship in colonial India. Closely examining 100 texts that the British Empire banned, censored or deemed seditious, the work brings to life these lost gems from India’s freedom, cultural, and social movements. The book dives into the history of sedition and censorship in colonial India. Closely examining 100 texts that the British Empire banned, censored or deemed seditious, the work brings to life these lost gems from India’s freedom, cultural, and social movements. It includes writing by figures famous and obscure, of events immortalised and forgotten, by Indians and non-Indians, by people jailed and free, by politicians and missionaries, by travellers and novelists, and in several Indian as well as European languages. Each excerpt illuminates not just its author’s thought processes, but the times in which it was composed and circulated. |
| Imprint Name: | Roli Books Pvt Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Roli Books Pvt Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-09-15 |