Indias Nonviolent Freedom Struggle: The Thomas Christians (15991799) [Hardcover]

This book focuses on the Thomas Christians during the politically volatile period of 1599-1799. A groundbreaking book that offers a fresh perspective on the Indian freedom struggle and the study of Indian history, this book is an essential read for scholars of colonialism, anticolonial movements, and the history of India.

Clara A. B. Joseph is Professor of English and Adjunct Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Calgary, Canada. She is the author of The Agent in the Margin: Nayantara Sahgals Gandhian Fiction (2008) and Christianity in India: The Anti-Colonial Turn (Routledge 2019).

Indias Nonviolent Freedom Struggle is a groundbreaking book that offers a fresh perspective on the Indian freedom struggle. It focuses on the Thomas Christians, a group of Christians in South India who waged a nonviolent struggle against European colonization during the politically volatile period of 15991799.