Sikhs, Swamis, Students and Spies: The India Lobby in the United States, 1900-1946 - Hardcover

Gould, Harold A

9780761934806: Sikhs, Swamis, Students and Spies: The India Lobby in the United States, 1900-1946

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0761934804 ISBN 13: 9780761934806

Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd, 2018

This book is a fascinating history of the India lobby in America in the pre-independence era - a little known chapter in the history of modern India. It documents the travails of early Indian migrants to North America and Canada from the beginning of the 20th century to the end of World War II. It captures their prolonged struggle for obtaining civil rights, and promoting the cause of India′s freedom beyond the borders of the subcontinent.

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About the Author:

Harold A. Gould is a Visiting Professor in the Center for South Asian Studies at the University of Virginia. Previous to that he was Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Center for Asian Studies at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana. He received his Ph.D. in Anthropology at Washington University of St. Louis in 1959. Since going to India on a Fulbright Scholarship in 1954–1955, Dr Gould has made numerous research trips to India (with grants from the National Science Foundation, the National Institute of Mental Health, the American Institute of Indian Studies, and the University of Illinois Research Board); he spent more than a total of ten years in the country spread over more than fifty years. His research and scholarly publications encompass every facet of Indian society and civilization that is relevant for a social scientist/social historian, including rural society, social stratification, local-level politics, electoral processes, and national and international politics.

Review:

A lively introduction to forgotten lobbyists, with a `Deep Throat` surprise at the end....Savour the book for its treasure house of marvellous little stories, interesting characters and its ability to create a world of politics that is at once distant and eerily familiar. Author: The Indian Express

An illuminating account of how the articulate `Indian lobby` that existed in the US between 1900 and 1946 quickly learnt to leverage the US system....This book is an excellent reminder of how the US`s model minority in the 21st century had to struggle to achieve acceptance in the century before. Author: The Hindustan Times

Penned by Harold A Gould, this book provides a unique insight into the history of the "India Lobby" in the US....also tells us about sympathy in America towards India`s freedom struggle, and British efforts to thwart this. Author: The Statesman

What makes this book doubly valuable is that compared to India`s experience with Europe, there really isn`t much to go on by way of source material. Yet Gould shows that you can make even that little go a long way. The end notes after each chapter are eloquent-testimony. Author: Business Standard

A gripping tale of how early `South Asian Indians influenced US policy makers to tilt towards Indian freedom struggle. Author: Sahara Times

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