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Race, religion, and law in colonial India [electronic resource] : trials of an interracial family / Chandra Mallampalli.
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TextSeries: Cambridge studies in Indian history and society ; 19.Publication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.Description: xviii, 268 p. : ill., mapsSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification: - 346.54/87052 23
- KNS46.A27 M35 2011
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Summary: "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.
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.
