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conversations.value: *Starred Review* For many Westerners, the mention of Gandhi evokes stock images of the frail, scantily dressed Indian spouting tomes about peace and brotherhood while leading a noble, nonviolent struggle for Indian independence. Relatively few realize that Gandhi spent decades living outside of the subcontinent, in Britain and especially in South Africa. the author, who has taught courses on Gandhi at Stanford and Yale, covers his life from his birth in British India, in 1869, up to his departure from South Africa and return to India in 1915. There is much that is familiar here, including Gandhis asceticism, his passion for justice, and his gift for savvy political maneuvering. But the authors account is full of surprises. In Britain, as a young barrister, Gandhi moved freely with a liberal and racially diverse crowd and proudly viewed himself as a citizen of the Empire while dressing stylishly. In South Africa, the rigid racial divisions shocked him, and it was here that he developed the tactics that he employed so effectively later in India. This is an outstanding opening volume of a planned two-volume biography of one of the most widely revered but often misunderstood figures in world history. --Jay Freeman
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conversations.value: Gandhi Before India
  Gladstone, Herbert Gladstone, 1st Viscount (Governor-General of South Africa) 18.1, 19.1, 19.2, 20.1, 20.2, 20.3, 21.1, 21.2
  Gandhi's correspondence with 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 12.1, 13.1, 15.1, 17.1, 19.1, 19.2, 19.3, 20.1, 21.1, 21.2, 21.3
  Milner, Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 8.1, 9.1, 11.1, 13.1, 14.1, 15.1, 18.1, 21.1, 22.1, 22.2
  Indians in 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 8.1, 9.1, 11.1, 13.1, 20.1, 20.2
  Kattywar High School (later Alfred High School; Mahatma Gandhi Memorial High School) 1.1, 1.2, 22.1, nts.1
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conversations.value: Kattywar High School (later Alfred High School; Mahatma Gandhi Memorial High School) 1.1, 1.2, 22.1, nts.1
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conversations.value: Indians in 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 8.1, 9.1, 11.1, 13.1, 20.1, 20.2
  Kattywar High School (later Alfred High School; Mahatma Gandhi Memorial High School) 1.1, 1.2, 22.1, nts.1
  Raychand (Rajchandra, Raychandbhai) 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 8.1, 13.1, 14.1, 14.2, 18.1, 22.1, 22.2, 22.3
  Gandhi's negotiations with 11.1, 11.2, 12.1, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 17.1, 19.1, 19.2, 19.3, 20.1, 20.2, 21.1, 21.2
  Transvaal (South African Republic, SAR) prl.1, prl.2, prl.3, prl.4, prl.5, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 7.1