Sovereignty and social reform in India : British colonialism and the campaign against sati, 1830-60 / Andrea Major.
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TextSeries: Routledge/Edinburgh South Asian studies seriesPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2011Description: 152 p. : map ; 24 cmISBN: 9780415580502 (cloth : alk. paper); 0415580501 (cloth : alk. paper); 9780203841785 (ebook); 0203841786 (ebook)Subject(s): 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, 1765-1947DDC classification: 954.031 LOC classification: GT3276.A2 | M35 2011
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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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.
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