Gandhi (1st ed ) Pioneer of Nonviolent Social Change

This biography examines the life and work of Gandhi within a global context, with an emphasis on how Gandhi's ideas and life shaped the 20th-century world. Gandhi: Pioneer of Nonviolent Social Change,part of the Library of World Biography Series, is aimed primarily at readers with little or no background knowledge of Gandhi or his ideas. This book covers the important aspects of his life and the major components of his philosophy. Through an examination of Gandhi's life and legacy, particularly as a pioneer in the quest for justice and freedom through nonviolent means, this biography reveals lessons that inform our world-both present and future.

Introduction

CHAPTER 1: FORMATIVE YEARS

CHAPTER 2: TRANSFORMATIVE YEARS

CHAPTER 3: SATYAGRAHA IN SOUTH AFRICA

CHAPTER 4: HIND SWARAJ: GANDHIS VISION OF FREEDOM

CHAPTER 5: INTRODUCTION OF SATYAGRAHA IN INDIA

CHAPTER 6: NONCOOPERATION AND THE 1920S

CHAPTER 7: CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE AND THE 1930S

CHAPTER 8: QUIT INDIA TO 1947

CHAPTER 9: FASTS: SATYAGRAHA TO THE LAST

CHAPTER 10: GANDHI IN OUR WORLD: LEGACIES

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Tara Sethia is Professor of History, founder and Director of Ahimsa Center at California State Polytechnic University , Pomona, where she has helped establish on campus a degree program for a Minor in Nonviolence Studies.  In addition to teaching courses dealing with India and Southeast Asia, Women and South Asia, and nonviolence, she has also offered a seminar on Gandhi and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in World history. Her recent publications include an edited book ,Ahimsa , Anekanta and Jainism (Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass , 2004); and articles on Vardhamana Mahavira , Mohandas K. Gandhi , Nonviolence and Social Change for the Berkshire Enclyopedia of World History (2005). She has also made numerous presentations at national and international conferences on a variety of topics , including peace and nonviolence. Sethia is the recipient of several grants, awards and honors, including Gold and Silver Medals from the University of Rajasthan, India. She was the principal investigator and director of Program on India and Chinafor K-12 Educators, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, 1995-98.Currently, she is editing a volume of essays, Rediscovering Gandhian Wisdom: Building a Peaceful Future (forthcoming, Penguin India).

Hallmark Features

• The text will help students understand the period in which Gandhi lived and his legacy through the author's interpretation of the current body of literature on Gandhi as well as through Gandhi's own words. (ex. p. 137-140)
  
• The book is ideal for students who only have a general idea of the time period in which Gandhi lived, placing Gandhi's life within the broader historical context and exploring its impact on world history. (ex. p. 91-99)
• The book contains extensive quotations from Gandhi's writings. (ex. p. 116)
  

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