Subaltern Lives - Biographies of Colonialism in the Indian Ocean World, 1790-1920

Informationen zum Autor Clare Anderson is Professor of History at the University of Leicester. She is currently developing comparative work on European penal colonies, on the interface between 'academic' and 'family' history, and the relationship between history, sociology and anthropology. Klappentext This fascinating book uses biographical fragments to shed new light on colonial life and convictism in the nineteenth-century Indian Ocean. Zusammenfassung Subaltern Lives builds a fascinating new picture of colonial life in the nineteenth-century Indian Ocean using biographical fragments. Clare Anderson reveals the importance of penal transportation for colonial expansion! shedding new light on convict experiences of penal settlements and colonies! and the relationship between convictism! punishment and colonial labour regimes. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Subaltern lives: an introduction; 2. Dullah; 3. George Morgan; 4. Narain Singh; 5. Liaquat Ali and Amelia Bennett; 6. Edwin Forbes; 7. Conclusion; Bibliography.

Product details

• Authors: Clare Anderson
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.04.2012
• EAN: 9781107645448
• ISBN: 978-1-107-64544-8
• No. of pages: 238
• Series: Critical Perspectives on Empire; Critical Perspectives on Empir; Critical Perspectives on Empire
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, General & world history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Colonialism & imperialism, c 1500 onwards to present day, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, c 1910 to c 1919, Colonialism and imperialism, Asian History, General and world history, Indian Ocean, c 1900 to c 1909, HISTORY / Europe / Renaissance