Mithi Mukherjee

Mithi Mukherjee

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Mithi Mukherjee is Associate Professor of History at the University of Colorado at Boulder.  Born and raised in India, she has a Ph.D in History from the University of Chicago.  India in the Shadows of Empire offers a sweeping new interpretation of the complex and seemingly contradictory nature of Indian democracy and polity.  It explains the postcolonial Indian polity by presenting an alternative historical narrative of the British Empire in India and India's struggle for independence under the Indian National Congress and Gandhi.   Professor Mukherjee specializes in the legal, political, and cultural history of modern India. Her interests include colonialism and nationalism, law and empire, human rights, comparative legal and constitutional theory and history Gandhian thought, gender history, postcolonial theory, and subaltern histories. Her other publications include “Transcending Identity: Gandhi, Nonviolence, and the Pursuit of a ‘Different’ Freedom in Modern India” in the American Historical Review, 115:2 (April 2010), 453-473, and "Justice, War, and the Imperium: India and Britain in Edmund Burke's Prosecutorial Speeches in the Impeachment Trial of Warren Hastings." in Law and History Review, 23:3 (Fall 2005), 589-630.

 

 

The Maker of Worlds

The Maker of Worlds

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<p style="padding:0px;margin:0px 0px 14px;color:rgb(15,17,17);font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="font-weight:700;font-style:italic;">If you had the chance to remake the world, what kind of world would you choose?</span></p><p style="padding:0px;margin:-4px 0px 14px;color:rgb(15,17,17);font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><span>When tragedy strikes Lucas Mack's young life, he desperately yearns to escape its sorrow, and takes an improbable leap through the mythical maelstrom. Rather than splashing down on the far side like his neighbors, he's transported to a magical realm where he has the power to redefine not only who he is, but the world in which he resides.</span></p><p style="padding:0px;margin:-4px 0px 14px;color:rgb(15,17,17);font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><span>As he stumbles about trying to find his way, he meets Mia, an equally troubled fellow pilgrim. With the help of a mystical guide and an aging wizard, they navigate the enchanted land while learning to control their newfound powers. Yet this realm is more complex than they expected, with seasoned sorcerers who've been corrupted by the sinister side of magic.</span></p><p style="padding:0px;margin:-4px 0px 14px;color:rgb(15,17,17);font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><span>Limited by natural law and seduced by magic's power, they are tested as never before. Will the gift of magic bring renewed hope or drive them to the edge of the void?</span></p>

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