Author: M. VinaikPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 222
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J. C. Kumarappa and His Quest for World Peace
Author: M. VinaikThe Web of Freedom
Author: Venu Madhav GovinduPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190990554
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
In June 1929, a thirty-seven-year-old chartered accountant dressed in Western clothes walked into the Khadi Bhandar on Kalbadevi Road, Bombay, to be ‘measured up’ for a dhoti. Having never worn one in his life, he had no idea that dhotis came in fixed lengths. Weeks ago, the same man had filed an affidavit to change his name from Joseph Chelladurai Cornelius to Joseph Cornelius Kumarappa. Discarding an alien name and attire, the anglicized professional was rapidly transforming into a dogged fighter for social justice. Freedom fighter, economic philosopher, environmentalist, and Gandhian constructive worker, Kumarappa (1892–1960) was a man of many parts. He wrote extensively on political economy and simultaneously championed the cause of rural India, both under British Raj and after Independence. If Gandhi’s swaraj was more than political self-rule, it was Kumarappa who gave it economic content and meaning. A rare thinker who married theory with practice, Kumarappa challenged received wisdom on industrialization and modernity. Based on extensive archival research, this volume presents the fascinating story of his life, work, and ideas that have a strikingly contemporary resonance.
Speaking with Nature
Author: Ramachandra GuhaPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300280386
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 453
Book Description
From one of the world’s leading historians comes the first substantial study of environmentalism set in any country outside the Euro-American world By the canons of orthodox social science, countries like India are not supposed to have an environmental consciousness. They are, as it were, “too poor to be green.” In this deeply researched book, Ramachandra Guha challenges this narrative by revealing a virtually unknown prehistory of the global movement set far outside Europe or America. Long before the publication of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring and well before climate change, ten remarkable individuals wrote with deep insight about the dangers of environmental abuse from within an Indian context. In strikingly contemporary language, Rabindranath Tagore, Radhakamal Mukerjee, J. C. Kumarappa, Patrick Geddes, Albert and Gabrielle Howard, Mira, Verrier Elwin, K. M. Munshi, and M. Krishnan wrote about the forest and the wild, soil and water, urbanization and industrialization. Positing the idea of what Guha calls “livelihood environmentalism” in contrast to the “full-stomach environmentalism” of the affluent world, these writers, activists, and scientists played a pioneering role in shaping global conversations about humanity’s relationship with nature. Spanning more than a century of Indian history, and decidedly transnational in reference, this book offers rich resources for considering the threat of climate change today.
A Comprehensive, Annotated Bibliography on Mahatma Gandhi
Author: Ananda M. PandiriPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313089000
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 679
Book Description
Few figures in the twentieth century have been as inspirational as Mohandas Mahatma Gandhi. Interest in this extraordinary man has produced a massive amount of printed material, making Ananda M. Pandiri's comprehensive bibliography an invaluable reference tool for scholars and students. Pandiri has meticulously searched printed and electronic indexes, publisher's catalogs, and university libraries throughout India, Britain, and the U.S. to compile a complete bibliography of sources in the English language. This volume is organized and cross-referenced for easy use and access to a voluminous amount of information. Features include: -More than 4700 entries comprising books, pamphlets, seminars, government records, and other significant printed material -Complete bibliographic data of sources -Annotations detailing the content and scholarship of sources -Two exhaustive indexes-Title and Subject
The Economics of Village Industries and Small Industries for Developing Countries
Author: Pulak ChakravartyPublisher:
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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A Peep Behind the Iron Curtain
Author: Joseph Cornelius KumarappaPublisher:
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Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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Sarvodaya
Author: The Indian Publisher and Bookseller
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Book industries and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 482
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The Social and Political Philosophy of Sarvodaya After Gandhiji
Author: Vishwanath TandonPublisher:
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 276
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Truth Called Them Differently
Author: Rabindranath TagorePublisher:
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Category : Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand, 1869-1948
Languages : en
Pages : 172
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