Name/Title
Mother IndiaEntry/Object ID
2020.012.0045Description
This is a book about India written by Katherine Mayo in 1927. This 36th printing is probably 1931. The book was owned by Sergant R. B. Bhauk while at the Benicia Arsenal
Mayo became notorious for her polemical book Mother India (1927), in which she attacked Hindu society and religion, and the culture of India. Critics of Mayo accuse her works of being racist, pro-imperialist[2] and Indophobic tracts that "expressed all the dominant prejudices of colonial society. Conversely, supporters cited the truth of her first-hand observations[3]
The book created a sensation on three continents.[4] Written against the demands for self-rule and Indian independence from the British Raj, Mayo alluded to the treatment of India's women, the Dalits, the animals, the dirt and the character of its nationalistic politicians.Collection
Benicia Arsenal CollectionBook Details
Author
Katherine MayoDate Published
1931
