Sovereignty and social reform in India : British colonialism and the campaign against sati, 1830-60 / Andrea Major.

Sovereignty and social reform in India : British colonialism and the campaign against sati, 1830-60 /

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...

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Main Author: Major, Andrea
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2011.
Series:Routledge/Edinburgh South Asian studies series ; 3.
Subjects:
Sati > India > History > 19th century.
Women > India > History > 19th century.
Social problems > India > History > 19th century.
Great Britain > Colonies > Asia > Administration > History > 19th century.
India > Colonization > History > 19th century.
India > History > British occupation, 1765-1947.
Electronic books.
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Chivalry, sacrifice and devotion : imagining sati in Rajput society
  • Princes, politics and pragmatism : the formation of British policy on sati in the princely states
  • Victims, perpetrators and self-determined sacrifices : strategies for suppressing sati in the princely states.

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