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Author Mallampalli, Chandra, 1965-

Title Race, religion, and law in colonial India [electronic resource] : trials of an interracial family / Chandra Mallampalli.

Imprint Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xviii, 268 p. : ill., maps.
Series Cambridge studies in Indian history and society ; no. 19
Cambridge studies in Indian history and society ; 19.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Remembering family; 2. Embodying 'Dora-hood': the brothers and their business; 3. A crisis of trust: sedition and the sale of arms in Kurnool; 4. Letters from Cambridge; 5. The path to litigation; 6. Litigating gender and race: Charlotte sues at Bellary; 7. Francis appeals: the case for continuity; 8. Choice, identity, and law: the decision of London's Privy Council.
Summary "Through a landmark court case in mid-nineteenth century colonial India, this book investigates hierarchy and racial difference in the British encounter with Indian society"-- Provided by publisher.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Abraham, Matthew, -1842 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Inheritance and succession -- India -- Bellary (District) -- History -- 19th century.
Legal polycentricity -- India -- Bellary (District) -- History -- 19th century.
Bellary (India : District) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9781107012615 (hardback)
9781139186155 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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