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

Publication Data

• Title Sovereignty and social reform in India : British colonialism and the campaign against sati, 1830-60
• Author Andrea Major
• Publisher Routledge
• Publication date 2011
• Publication location London
• Language English

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.

Topics

• 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
• Great Britain
• India

Sovereignty and social reform in India : British colonialism and the campaign against sati, 1830-60 by Andrea Major. ISBN 9780203841785. Published by Routledge in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.