Frontmatter
Contents
Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Knowing Starvation: Science and Strange Stories
2. British Suffragettes and the Russian Method of Hunger Strike, 1890-1914
3. A Shared Sacrifice: Hunger Strikes by Irish Women and Men, 1912-1946
4. Building the Nation's Temple: Hunger Strikes and Fasts by Nationalists in India, 1912-1948
5. The Rule of Exceptions: Hunger Strikes and Political Prisoner Status in Britain, Ireland, and India, 1909-1946
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index