Race, Religion and Law in Colonial India - Trials of an Interracial Family

Informationen zum Autor Chandra Mallampalli is Associate Professor of History at Westmont College. His publications include Christians and Public Life in Colonial South India, 1863-1937 (2004). Klappentext Through a landmark court case in mid-nineteenth century colonial India, this book investigates hierarchy and racial difference. Zusammenfassung How did British rule in India transform persons from lower social classes? Could Indians from such classes rise in the world? This book explores such questions by examining the intriguing story of an interracial family who lived in southern India in the mid-nineteenth century. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Product details

• Authors: Chandra Mallampalli, Chandra (Westmont College Mallampalli
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.11.2011
• EAN: 9781107012615
• ISBN: 978-1-107-01261-5
• No. of pages: 286
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Indian Hi; Cambridge Studies in Indian History and Society; Cambridge Studies in Indian Hi
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law