Race, religion, and law in colonial India : (Record no. 2045)
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| 000 -LEADER | |
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| fixed length control field | 03777cam a2200409 a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9781107026988 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 346.54/87052 C3618 R |
| Item number | 101971 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Chandra Mallampalli |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Race, religion, and law in colonial India : |
| Remainder of title | trials of an interracial family / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Chandra Mallampalli. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication | New Delhi |
| Name of publisher | Cambridge University Press, |
| Date of publication | 2011. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 268 p |
| Other physical details | ill., maps ; |
| Accompanying material | 24 cm. |
| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Cambridge studies in Indian history and society ; |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | How did British rule in India transform persons from lower social classes? Could Indians from such classes rise in the world by marrying Europeans and embracing their religion and customs? This book explores such questions by examining the intriguing story of an interracial family who lived in southern India in the mid-nineteenth century. The family which consisted of two untouchable brothers both of whom married Eurasian women became wealthy as distillers in the local community. A family dispute resulted in a landmark court case Abraham v. Abraham. Chandra Mallampalli uses this case to examine the lives of those involved and shows that far from being products of a 'civilizing mission' who embraced the ways of Englishmen the Abrahams were ultimately – when faced with the strictures of the colonial legal system – obliged to contend with hierarchy and racial difference. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Remembering family -- Embodying 'Dora-hood' : the brothers and their business -- A crisis of trust : sedition and the sale of arms in Kurnool -- Letters from Cambridge -- The path to litigation -- Litigating gender and race : Charlotte sues at Bellary -- Francis appeals : the case for cultural continuity -- Choice, identity, and law : the decision of London's Privy Council. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "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"-- |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "How did British rule in India transform persons from lower social classes? Could Indians from such classes rise in the world by marrying Europeans and embracing their religion and customs? This book explores such questions by examining the intriguing story of an interracial family who lived in southern India in the mid-nineteenth century. The family, which consisted of two untouchable brothers, both of whom married Eurasian women, became wealthy as distillers in the local community. When one brother died, a dispute arose between his wife and brother over family assets, which resulted in a landmark court case, Abraham v. Abraham. It is this case which is at the center of this book, and which Chandra Mallampalli uses to examine the lives of those involved and, by extension, of those - 271 witnesses in all - who testified. In its multilayered approach, the book sheds light not only on interracial marriage, class, religious allegiance, and gender, but also on the British encounter with Indian society. It shows that far from being products of a "civilizing mission" who embraced the ways of Englishmen, the Abrahams were ultimately - when faced with the strictures of the colonial legal system - obliged to contend with hierarchy and racial difference"-- |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY -- TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Inheritance and succession |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY -- TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Legal polycentricity |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Purchase price | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Koha item type |
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| Ubhayabharati | Ubhayabharati | 07/03/2018 | 995.00 | 346.54/87052 C3618 R 101971 | 101971 | 07/03/2018 | Books |