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Losses Gains : The Autobiography of Ralph Russel, The Middle Years
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pbk. The autobiography of Ralph Russell Marxist and celebrated Urdu scholar offers a fascinating insight into some of the major 20th century events which have shaped our world today Ralph Russell 1918-2008 is best known as one of the foremost western scholars of Urdu literature For over fifty years his teaching translations and writings have made this rich literature accessible to readers with no knowledge of the language and earned him a high reputation among fellow Urdu scholars For thirty years at the School of Oriental and African Studies and afterwards in Asian communities in British cities he pioneered the teaching of Urdu as a means of bringing closer understanding between people and bridging cultural divisions His honesty humour and unusual insight have won him a unique place in the affections of lovers of Urdu worldwide He belonged to that extraordinary and celebrated generation of British scholars who became Marxists at Oxford and Cambridge in the 1930s and became an influence on the intellectual life of the twentieth century He shares the company of amongst others Eric Hobsbawm EP Thompson Rodney Hilton Christopher Hill Victor Kiernan and Joseph NeedhamPart 1 of his autobiography Findings Keepings 1918?1946 gave a refreshing personal account of three decades and a world war seen through the eyes of a child boy and young man of warm affections and high ideals Part 2 Losses Gains 1945-1958 continues the story of his life from his return from the war in India to 1958 It traces his progress from demobbed soldier to student teacher and scholar of Urdu while it charts his growth in political maturity following the traumatic effects of his realisation of the betrayal of communist values by the party leadership A fascinating insight into a period of complex social and political change 384 pp. Seller Inventory # 92138
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Losses Gains Part II Of Ralph Russels Autbiography
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Losses Gain : Part II of Ralph Russels Autobiography
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Three Essays Collective, 2010
ISBN 10: 8188789291
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Soft cover. Condition: New. ISBN:9788188789290,372pp. Seller Inventory # 2452091