Great soul : Mahatma Gandhi and his struggle with India

Summary: In this ambitious, original study, Pulitzer Prize-winner Lelyveld sets out to measure Gandhi's accomplishments as a politician and an advocate for the downtrodden--against Gandhi's own expectations and in light of his complex, conflicted feelings about his place in Indian history.

Record details

ISBN: 9780307389954
ISBN: 0307389952
Physical Description: print
xv, 425 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Edition: 1st Vintage Books ed.
Publisher: New York : Vintage Books, 2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	pt. 1. South Africa. Prologue: an unwelcome visitor -- No-touchism -- Among Zulus -- Upper house -- Leading the indentured -- pt. 2. India. Waking India -- Unapproachability -- Hail, deliverer -- Fast unto death -- Village of service -- Mass mayhem -- Do or die.