1 Initiation into America

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction: The Life and Death of Dhan Gopal Mukerji 1
4. Part I CASTE
5. 1 Childhood 43
6. 2 My Little Sister 61
7. 3 The Holy Man 70
8. 4 Initiation 79
9. 5 Pilgrimage, Benares 86
10. 6 Pilgrimage, the Hills 92
11. 7 The Cashmere Shawl 102
12. 8 Idols 107
13. 9 The Priest 112
14. 10 Trading Shawls 117
15. 11 My Brother's Marriage 123
16. 12 East and West 132
17. Part II Outcast
18. 1 Initiation into America 139
19. 2 My Socialist "Friends" 154
20. 3 The Second Year In College 166
21. 4 Something of Frank's Life 177
22. 5 What Is the Answer? 193
23. 6 In California Fields 200
24. 7 Spiritualism 211
25. Epilogue 221
26. Afterword: The Homeless Self: Problems of Cultural Translation in Autobiography 225
27. Selected Bibliography: The Work of Dhan Gopal Mukerji 253
28. Notes 257
29. Afterword References 273
30. Editors 277