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Moore-Gilbert, B. J., 1952-
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Moore-Gilbert, B. J., 1952- -- Travel -- India.
Police misconduct -- India -- Satara (District) -- History -- 20th century.
Police -- India -- Satara (District) -- History -- 20th century.
Terrorism -- India -- Satara (District) -- History -- 20th century.
India -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements.
India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947.
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Moore-Gilbert, B. J., 1952-
Moore-Gilbert, B. J., 1952- -- Travel -- India.
Police misconduct -- India -- Satara (District) -- History -- 20th century.
Police -- India -- Satara (District) -- History -- 20th century.
Terrorism -- India -- Satara (District) -- History -- 20th century.
India -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements.
India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947.
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The setting sun : a memoir of empire and family secrets / Bart Moore-Gilbert.
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Moore-Gilbert, B. J., 1952-
Verso, 2014.
Call #:
954
.0359
M822s
Subjects
Moore-Gilbert, B. J., 1952- -- Travel -- India.
Police misconduct -- India -- Satara (District) -- History -- 20th century.
Police -- India -- Satara (District) -- History -- 20th century.
Terrorism -- India -- Satara (District) -- History -- 20th century.
India -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements.
India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947.
ISBN:
9781781682685 (hc.)
1781682682 (hc.)
Description:
xi, 306 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Contents:
The father I did not know -- Picking up the trail -- Memory and doubt -- Glimpses of Bill -- My father's friend? -- Bill or 'Bill' -- The pendulum shifts -- The ghosts of Satara -- Against the tide -- A history play -- Terrorism, old and new -- Respect between enemies -- Like father, like son -- An act of restitution -- Two farewells.
Summary:
"The story of the dying days of an Empire, combined with family history, in a voyage across India. When a letter from an Indian historian arrives out of the blue and informs academic Bart Moore-Gilbert that his deceased father, a May member of the Indian Police before Independence, partook in the abuse of civilians his world is shaken as his cherished childhood memories are challenged. He sets out in search of the truth -- discovering much about the end of empire, the state of India today, and whether his father, as one of the many characters on his quest claims, really was a terrorist. Crisscrossing western India, and following leads from bustling Mumbai to remote rural scenes, he pieces together the truth, discovering that the same story links the past with the present, colonial India with its modern incarnation, terrorism through the ages and father with son"--Provided by publisher.
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Memoirs.
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