Becca Solnit prepared an honors thesis for the Dickinson College History Department in 2011-12.  She analyzed the efforts of the India Lobby in the United States to gain support for Indian independence during World War II. In many ways the India Lobby is a “forgotten lobby,” and in the course of her project Solnit explores how the Lobby’s two-stage evolution during a unique wartime period illuminates the the strategies and tactics of a developing modern lobby. To read her project proposal, click here. The first chapter of Solnit’s project, which she presented to the history department on December 1, can be viewed here. To read her completed thesis, which received departmental honors in May 2012, click here.