ISBN:
0415580501
,
9780415580502
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (152 p)
,
map
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Routledge / Edinburgh South Asian studies series
Series Statement:
Routledge/Edinburgh South Asian Studies Ser.
Parallel Title:
Print version Sovereignty and Social Reform in India : British Colonialism and the Campaign against Sati, 1830-1860
DDC:
954.03/1
Keywords:
Social problems History 19th century
;
Women History 19th century
;
Sati History 19th century
;
Social problems - India - History - 19th century
;
Electronic books
;
Great Britain Colonies 19th century
;
Administration
;
History
;
India Colonization 19th century
;
History
;
India History British occupation, 1765-1947
Abstract:
This book offers an important reinterpretation of major themes of sovereignty, authority and social reform in colonial South Asian history. Focusing on the British prohibition of sati in 1829, the author shows how the debates that preceded this legislation have effectively set the terms of post-colonial debates about sati, as well as more generally defining the parameters of British involvement in Indian social and religious issues
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Map: India in the 1830s; Introduction; 1 Chivalry, sacrifice and devotion: Imagining sati in Rajput society; 2 Princes, politics and pragmatism: The formation of British policy on sati in the princely states; 3 Victims, perpetrators and self-determined sacrifices: Strategies for suppressing sati in the princely states; Afterword; Glossary of Indian words; Notes; Bibliography; Index;
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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