03700nam 22007092 450 991046125790332120151005020623.01-139-17998-51-107-22927-81-283-38415-997866133841571-139-18976-X1-139-18845-31-139-18383-41-139-19105-51-139-18615-90-511-99841-4(CKB)2670000000131862(EBL)807351(OCoLC)782877108(SSID)ssj0000572648(PQKBManifestationID)11358710(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000572648(PQKBWorkID)10530403(PQKB)10937485(UkCbUP)CR9780511998416(MiAaPQ)EBC807351(Au-PeEL)EBL807351(CaPaEBR)ebr10520975(CaONFJC)MIL338415(EXLCZ)99267000000013186220110114d2011|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierRace, religion, and law in colonial India trials of an interracial family /Chandra Mallampalli[electronic resource]Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2011.1 online resource (xviii, 268 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Cambridge studies in Indian history and society ;19Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).1-107-48754-4 1-107-01261-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Remembering family -- Embodying 'Dora-hood' : the brothers and their business -- A crisis of trust : sedition and the sale of arms in Kurnool -- Letters from Cambridge -- The path to litigation -- Litigating gender and race : Charlotte sues at Bellary -- Francis appeals : the case for cultural continuity -- Choice, identity, and law : the decision of London's Privy Council.How did British rule in India transform persons from lower social classes? Could Indians from such classes rise in the world by marrying Europeans and embracing their religion and customs? This book explores such questions by examining the intriguing story of an interracial family who lived in southern India in the mid-nineteenth century. The family, which consisted of two untouchable brothers, both of whom married Eurasian women, became wealthy as distillers in the local community. A family dispute resulted in a landmark court case, Abraham v. Abraham. Chandra Mallampalli uses this case to examine the lives of those involved, and shows that far from being products of a 'civilizing mission' who embraced the ways of Englishmen, the Abrahams were ultimately - when faced with the strictures of the colonial legal system - obliged to contend with hierarchy and racial difference.Cambridge studies in Indian history and society. ;19.Race, Religion & Law in Colonial IndiaInheritance and successionIndiaBellary (District)History19th centuryLegal polycentricityIndiaBellary (District)History19th centuryBellary (India : District)Social conditions19th centuryInheritance and successionHistoryLegal polycentricityHistory346.54/87052Mallampalli Chandra1965-1052400UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910461257903321Race, religion, and law in colonial India2483644UNINA