Sovereignty and social reform in India : British colonialism and the campaign against sati, 1830-1860 / / Andrea Major
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Major Andrea
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| Titolo: |
Sovereignty and social reform in India : British colonialism and the campaign against sati, 1830-1860 / / Andrea Major
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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (161 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 954.03/1 |
| Soggetto topico: | Sati - India - History - 19th century |
| Women - India - History - 19th century | |
| Social problems - India - History - 19th century | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Great Britain Colonies Asia Administration History 19th century |
| India Colonization History 19th century | |
| India History British occupation, 1765-1947 | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The 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 s |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Sovereignty and social reform in India |
| ISBN: | 1-136-90114-0 |
| 1-136-90115-9 | |
| 1-283-03827-7 | |
| 9786613038272 | |
| 0-203-84178-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910791885703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Routledge/Edinburgh South Asian Studies Series