The Essential Writings of Mahatma Gandhi

Author(s): Mahatma Gandhi, Iyer, Raghavan (Editor) Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Format: Paperback List Price:  Rs. 374 Category: Politics & Government ISBN-13: 9780195632088 ISBN-10: 0195632087 Language: English Pages: 464 Dimensions: 8.44x5.53x1.11 in. Age Range: All Ages

Overview:

This new volume is an abridgement of Oxford's authoritative three-volume Moral and Political Writings of Mahatma Gandhi. The book, drawing from every period in Gandhi's life, collects a wide range of unabridged letters, articles, and extracts from books that do full justice to the subtlety, richness, and evolution of Gandhi's thought. Iyer's introduction elucidates Gandhi's crucial concepts and their varied applications, and is supplemented by a helpful glossary of terms and a chronology of events. An invaluable reference, this book will help create a fuller, more accurate appreciation of Gandhi's significant and compelling contribution to this century and the future.