{"product_id":"shunting-the-nation-indias-railway-workers-and-the-most-tumultuous-decade-in-modern-indian-history-1939-1949-9789354475429","title":"Shunting the Nation India's Railway Workers and the Most Tumultuous Decade in Modern Indian History (1939-1949)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe period 1939-1949 was the most turbulent decade in modern Indian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehistory-it saw the tumult of the SecondWorldWar, the unrest during the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuit India movement and the final phase of the freedom struggle, and the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehorrors of Partition.While most studies of this time focus chiefly on the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edefining contributions of the Indian nationalist leaders and the role played by\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe British, it is also important to record the efforts of millions of others in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emeeting the enormous challenges of the period. Shunting the Nation records the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econtribution of the workers-men, women and children-who ensured the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esmooth functioning of the railway-based travel and communication system in the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSubcontinent, even as regimes changed, new borders were drawn and everything\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eseemed to be falling apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring perhaps the most demanding time in the history of any railway workforce, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethese workers navigated overcrowded trains, food shortage, famine, disruption of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecoal supplies, communal riots and an administration close to collapse, in order to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eensure humanitarian relief, swift movement of troops and weapons, and transport\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof over three million refugees. Equally remarkable was the workers' successful\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enegotiation of the contrary demands of their employment-by the British-and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etheir nationalist, pro-independence sentiments; as was the class-based solidarity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof their unions which triumphed over barbaric sectarian divisions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on memoirs, newspaper reports and government documents, Aniruddha\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBose's passionate narration of railway history brings to light the inspiring and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003evaluable role played by these unsung heroes in the modern histories of India and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePakistan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16416774\"\u003eAniruddha Bose\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Speaking Tiger Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/20\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.66d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789354475429\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9354475426\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS000000\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Speaking Tiger Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44537186124013,"sku":"9789354475429","price":37.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_bc033dcc-ab7a-46cb-bbda-aedc372e320f.jpg?v=1701438142","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/shunting-the-nation-indias-railway-workers-and-the-most-tumultuous-decade-in-modern-indian-history-1939-1949-9789354475429","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}