Race, religion, and law in colonial India : trials of an interracial family / / Chandra Mallampalli.
"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"--
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| Superior document: | Cambridge studies in Indian history and society ; no. 19 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Cambridge studies in Indian history and society ;
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 268 p. :; ill., maps. |
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Table of 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.