Major, Andrea.

Sovereignty and social reform in India : British colonialism and the campaign against sati, 1830-60 / Andrea Major. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2011. - 152 p. : map ; 24 cm. - Routledge/Edinburgh South Asian studies series .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

9780415580502 (cloth : alk. paper) 0415580501 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780203841785 (ebook) 0203841786 (ebook)

2010014135


Sati--History--India--19th century.
Women--History--India--19th century.
Social problems--History--India--19th century.


Great Britain--Colonies--Administration--History--Asia--19th century.
India--Colonization--History--19th century.
India--History--British occupation, 1765-1947.

GT3276.A2 / M35 2011

954.031