Race, religion, and law in colonial India [electronic resource] : trials of an interracial family / Chandra Mallampalli.
By: Mallampalli, Chandra.
Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm).
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BookSeries: Cambridge studies in Indian history and society: 19.Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011Description: xviii, 268 p. : ill., maps.Subject(s): Abraham, Matthew, d.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 centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 346.54/87052 Online resources: Click to View | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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