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Punjabi rebels of the Columbia River : the global fight for Indian independence and citizenship /

"Oregon is commonly perceived to have little, let alone notable, South Asian history. Yet in the early 1900s Oregon was at the center of two entwined quests for Indian independence and civic belonging that rocked the world. Punjabi Rebels of the Columbia River traces the stories of the radical...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ogden, Johanna (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Corvallis, OR : Oregon State University Press, 2024.
Subjects:
Thind, Bhagat Singh, > 1892-1967.
East Indians > Oregon > History > 20th century.
Foreign workers > Oregon > History > 20th century.
East Indians > Oregon > Social conditions > 20th century.
Ghadr movement.
Panjabis (South Asian people) > West (U.S.) > Politics and government > 20th century.
East Indians > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Great Britain > Relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > Great Britain.
Oregon > Race relations > History > 20th century.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > Grande-Bretagne.
Oregon > Relations raciales > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Indiens (Habitants de l'Inde) > Oregon > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Travailleurs étrangers > Oregon > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Indiens (Habitants de l'Inde) > Oregon > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
Table of Contents:
  • An introduction to an unexpected story
  • The promises of empire
  • A murder, a fair, and community building at the margins
  • Interlude: Wrestlers Dodan Singh and Basanta Singh
  • St. Johns, the "Hindu" city
  • From St. Johns to Astoria
  • The movement, the leaving, and diverging paths
  • The global punishment of Ghadar
  • Bhagat Singh Thindh and the whiteness of empire.