Title The United States of India : anticolonial literature and transnational refraction / Manan Desai

Published Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (x, 247 pages) Series Asian American history and culture Asian American history and culture. Contents Introduction: an Indian in Washington -- Race Across Empires: Lajpat Rai's The United States of America -- The Indian Plot: Agnes Smedley and American Anti-colonialism -- Killing Kipling: Dhan Gopal Mukerji and America's India -- The Dark Alliance: Refracting India in W.E.B. Du Bois' Dark Princess -- Uncle Sham: Katherine Mayo's Mother India and Parodic Anti-Imperialism -- Afterword: Refracting the Past Summary "Reconstructs exchanges and interactions among networks of expatriate Indian and American authors as they struggled in similar yet distinct ways for an anticolonial future, attempting to reimagine and reshape the relationship between the U.S. and India during and immediately following World War I"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 18, 2020) Subject East Indian Americans -- Politics and government -- 20th century East Indians -- Political activity -- United States Racism -- United States -- History -- 20th century Anti-imperialist movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century Radicalism. American literature -- East Indian authors -- History and criticism Imperialism in literature. radicalism. Anti-imperialist movements Autonomy and independence movements Imperialism in literature Racism Radicalism SUBJECT India -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements Subject India United States Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book LC no. 2019024306 ISBN 1439918910 9781439918913

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