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"India and the Quest for One World is the gripping story of India's quest to create a common destiny for all people across the world based on the concept of 'human rights.' In the years leading up to its independence from Great Britain, and more than a decade after, in a world to...
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Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | 2013. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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The Palgrave Macmillan transnational history series
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"India and the Quest for One World is the gripping story of India's quest to create a common destiny for all people across the world based on the concept of 'human rights.' In the years leading up to its independence from Great Britain, and more than a decade after, in a world torn asunder by unchecked colonial expansions and two world wars, Jawaharlal Nehru had a radical vision: bridging the ideological differences of the East and West, healing the growing rift between capitalist and communist, and creating 'One World' that would be free of empire, exploitation, and war. Madame Vijaya Laksh |
| Carrier Form: | xxi, 199 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-188) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781137349828 (hardback) : 1137349824 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | DS480 |
| CLC: |
D735.109 D735.19 |
| Call Number: | D735.19/B575-1 |
| Contents: | The Cast -- Prologue -- The World at War -- India in New York -- Showdown in San Francisco -- The New Hope -- India International -- Toward a Better Future -- Epilogue. |