Race, religion, and law in colonial India

Mallampalli, Chandra, 1965-

Race, religion, and law in colonial India trials of an interracial family / [electronic resource] : Chandra Mallampalli. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011. - xviii, 268 p. : ill., maps. - Cambridge studies in Indian history and society ; no. 19 . - Cambridge studies in Indian history and society ; 19. .

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"--


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Abraham, Matthew, d.1842 --Trials, litigation, etc.


Inheritance and succession--History--India--Bellary (District)--19th century.
Legal polycentricity--History--India--Bellary (District)--19th century.


Bellary (India : District)--Social conditions--19th century.


Electronic books.

KNS46.A27 / M35 2011

346.54/87052