Eyewitness at Amritsar: A Visual History of the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh Massacre - Rilegato

Madra, Amandeep Singh; Singh, Parmjit

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ISBN 10: 1911271210 ISBN 13: 9781911271215

Casa editrice: Kashi House, 2019

Riassunto

The Amritsar Massacre is an iconic episode that is often compared to Sharpeville or Bloody Sunday. The shooting in 1919 of hundreds of unarmed Indian civilians stands as one of the defining moments in the history of the British Empire and the Indian struggle for independence.Many books have been written on the subject yet none make more than a cursory use of the rich body of visual material connected to one of the most brutal events in the history of British India. Eyewitness at Amritsar includes a unique range of portraits of key historical figures, political cartoons, newspaper photographs, propaganda posters as well as secretly recorded images that were smuggled out of India in 1919. Each image is accompanied by eyewitness accounts to provide context and a chronological narrative covering not only the massacre but also its prelude and aftermath.Eyewitness at Amritsar offers an attractive and accessible resource that allows readers to engage directly with this defining historical event.

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L'autore:

AMANDEEP SINGH MADRA and PARMJIT SINGH are independent historians, authors and curators who co-founded the UK Punjab Heritage Association, a charity dedicated to promoting Punjab's rich cultural heritage.

They have co-authored several highly acclaimed books on Sikh history and are leading global players in showcasing the culture, history, art and heritage of the Sikhs and Punjab. They have lectured extensively on the subject as well as having contributed to several television documentaries, radio programmes, exhibitions and publications. Most recently they curated three major exhibitions at the Brunei Gallery, SOAS, London, covering the Golden Temple of Amritsar (2011), Sikhs in World War One (2014) and the Sikh Empire (2018).

They continue to work as special consultants for various organisations including the BBC, The Discovery Channel, Victoria & Albert Museum, British Museum, British Library and Wallace Collection.

KIM A. WAGNER teaches the history of colonial India and the British Empire at Queen Mary, University of London. He has written extensively on the subject of Thuggee , the Uprising of 1857, and colonial violence. His most recent publications include The Skull of Alum Bheg: The Life and Death of a Rebel of 1857 (2017), and Amritsar 1919: An Empire of Fear and the Making of a Massacre (2019).

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• Editore: Kashi House
• Data di pubblicazione: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1911271210
• ISBN 13: 9781911271215
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 198