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Zastoupil, Lynn 1953-

Rammohun Roy and the making of Victorian Britain - New York Palgrave Macmillan 2010 - xiv,262p. 24 cm. - Palgrave studies in cultural and intellectual history .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-244) and index.

Introduction: The celebrated Rammohun Roy -- The Unitarians -- Rammohun Roy, Thomas Jefferson, and the Bible -- Rammohun Roy, celebrity Unitarian -- Slavery and sati -- Rammohun Roy and early Victorian feminism -- Liberty of the press -- Free trade and a reformed Parliament -- Provincializing England -- Rammohun Roy, MP? -- Epilogue: A fitting statue on College Green -- Appendix A: Half a Christian? -- Appendix B: Rammohun Roy's presentation letter to the Duke of Sussex.

ISBN: 9780230338388

LCCN: 2009052984

Subjects--Personal Names:
Rammohun Roy, Raja, 1772?-1833.
Rammohun Roy, Raja, 1772?-1833 --Political and social views.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Statesmen--India--Biography.
Social reformers--India--Biography.
Unitarians--India--Biography.
Celebrities--Great Britain--Biography.
Bengal (India)--Biography.
Transnationalism--Case studies.
Social reformers--History--Great Britain--19th century.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Great Britain--History--1714-1837.

LC Class. No.: DS475.2.R18 / Z37 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 954.031092 / ZA-R