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Frederick Booth-Tucker was commissioner to India for the Salvation Army, and the son in law of General William Book, the Army’s Founder. "Darkest India", also known as "Darkest India: A Supplement to General Booth's In Darkest England, and the Way Out", was written in 1891 as an introduction of Booth's "In Darkest England and the Way Out".
"Darkest India" is a philosophical call to arms to improve the abject living conditions of India’s poor.
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GenreHistory, Other, Politics and Government
Length5 hrs 24 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 11, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Preface
2PART 1. IN DARKEST INDIA
3Chapter 1. Why "Darkest India?"
4Chapter 2. Who Are Not The Submerged Tenth?
5Chapter 3. The Minimum Standard Of Existence
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6Chapter 4. Who Are The Submerged Tenth?
7Chapter 5. The Beggars
8Chapter 6. "The Out-Of-Works"
9Chapter 7. The Homeless Poor
10Chapter 8. The Land Of Debt
11Chapter 9. The Land Of Famine
12Chapter 10. The Land Of Pestilences
13Chapter 11. The White Ants Of Indian Society
14Chapter 12. The Criminals
15Chapter 13. On The Border Land
16Chapter 14. Elements Of Hope
17PART 2. THE WAY OUT
18Chapter 1. The Essentials To Success
19Chapter 2. What Is General Booth's Scheme?
20Chapter 3. The City Colony
21Chapter 4. The Labor Bureau
22Chapter 5. Food For All—The Food Depots
23Chapter 6. Work For All, Or The Labour Yard
24Chapter 7. Shelter For All, Or The Housing Of The Destitute
25Chapter 8. The Beggars Brigade
26Chapter 9. The Prison Gate Brigade
27Chapter 10. The Drunkard's Brigade
28Chapter 11. The Rescue Homes For The Fallen
29Chapter 12. "The Country Colony"- "Wasteward Ho!"
30Chapter 13. The Suburban Farm
31Chapter 14. The Industrial Village
32Chapter 15. The Social Territory, Or, Poor Man's Paradise
33Chapter 16. The Social City Of Refuge
34Chapter 17. Supplementary Branches Of The Country Colony
35Chapter 18. The Over-Sea Colony
36Chapter 19. Miscellaneous Agencies
37Chapter 20. How Much Will It Cost?
38Chapter 21. A Practical Conclusion
39Appendix