03278oam 2200697I 450 991080781440332120230126205410.01-136-90114-01-136-90115-91-283-03827-797866130382720-203-84178-610.4324/9780203841785(CKB)2560000000058330(EBL)667843(OCoLC)705930082(SSID)ssj0000473334(PQKBManifestationID)11335321(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000473334(PQKBWorkID)10448011(PQKB)11643979(OCoLC)708568017(MiAaPQ)EBC667843(Au-PeEL)EBL667843(CaPaEBR)ebr10446885(CaONFJC)MIL303827(EXLCZ)99256000000005833020180706d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSovereignty and social reform in India British colonialism and the campaign against sati, 1830-1860 /Andrea MajorNew York :Routledge,2011.1 online resource (161 p.)Routledge/Edinburgh South Asian studies seriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-138-88835-4 0-415-58050-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexThe British prohibition of sati (the funeral practice of widow immolation) in 1829 has been considered an archetypal example of colonial social reform. It was not the end of the story, however, as between 1830 and 1860, British East India Company officials engaged in a debate with the Indian rulers of the Rajput and Maratha princely states of North West India about the prohibition and suppression of sati in their territories. This book examines the debates that brought about legislation in these areas, arguing that they were instrumental in setting the terms of post-colonial debates about sRoutledge/Edinburgh South Asian Studies SeriesSatiIndiaHistory19th centuryWomenIndiaHistory19th centurySocial problemsIndiaHistory19th centuryGreat BritainColoniesAsiaAdministrationHistory19th centuryIndiaColonizationHistory19th centuryIndiaHistoryBritish occupation, 1765-1947SatiHistoryWomenHistorySocial problemsHistory954.03/1Major Andrea.1093232FlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910807814403321Sovereignty and social reform in India3936009UNINA