Race, Religion and Law in Colonial India : Trials of an Interracial Family/ by Chandra Mallampalli
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TextSeries: Cambridge studies in Indian history and societyPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.Description: xviii, 268 pISBN: - 9781107026988
- 1800-1899
- Inheritance and succession -- India -- Bellary (District) -- History -- 19th century
- Legal polycentricity -- India -- Bellary (District) -- History -- 19th century
- Successions et héritages -- Inde -- Bellary (District) -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Pluralisme juridique -- Inde -- Bellary (District) -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- HISTORY -- Asia -- India & South Asia
- LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice
- Inheritance and succession
- Legal polycentricity
- India -- Bellary (District)
- Abraham v. Abraham, 9 Moore's Ind. App. 199 (1863) (Judicial Committee of the Privy Council)
- 954.031 23 MA-R
- KNS46.A27 M35 2011
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| 954.025 ER-E Emperors of the peacock throne : the saga of India's great emperors / | 954.025 RI-M Mughal Empire/ | 954.029 DA-W White Mughals love and betrayal in eighteenth-century India | 954.031 MA-R Race, Religion and Law in Colonial India : Trials of an Interracial Family/ | 954.0317 CH- The chamber of Princes / | 954.035 CH-F Freedom struggle / | 954.035 CH-T Thy hand, great anarch: India, 1921-1952 / |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-261) and index.
Cover; Race, Religion, and Law in Colonial India; Cambridge Studies in Indian History and Society, No. 19; Title; Copyright; amma-ki; Contents; Maps and Figures; Acknowledgments; Glossary; Introduction; FROM CURRY POT TO SALAD BOWL; CHAPTERS; 1 Remembering Family; BELLARY'S BAZAAR WORKERS; THE EARLY YEARS; CHARLOTTE FOX AND THE PLATCHERS; CONCLUSION; 2 Embodying "Dora-hood" The Brothers and Their Business; ACQUIRING SKILL AND WEALTH; THE DISTILLERY'S PEDDA DORA; AFTER MATTHEW; CONCLUSION; 3 A Crisis of Trust Sedition and the Sale of Arms in Kurnool; THE SIEGE OF KURNOOL.
MATTHEW'S KURNOOL AGENCYCONCLUSION; 4 Letters from Cambridge; SITUATING CHARLES HENRY ABRAHAM; LEAVING HOME; IN NEED OF AN ALLY; CHARLES RESPONDS; CONCLUSION; 5 The Path to Litigation; SETTING THE STAGE FOR A SHOWDOWN; A NATIVE PLEADER DEFINES WHITENESS; CONCLUSION; 6 Litigating Gender and Race Charlotte Sues at Bellary; CONVERSION AND ASSIMILATION; BECOMING AN EAST INDIAN; SUBORDINATING FRANCIS; FRANCIS EXPLOITS HIS CATHOLIC ROOTS; FRANCIS AND THE ABRAHAM HOUSEHOLD; THE DECISIONS AT BELLARY; CONCLUSION; 7 Francis Appeals The Case for Cultural Continuity; HINDU LAW AND THE SADR ADALAT.
PANDITS, TEXTS, AND WOMENPLEADERS AND PROCEEDINGS; THE DECREE; CONCLUSION; 8 Choice, Identity, and Law The Decision of London's Privy Council; PERSONAL LAW AT THE MARGINS; THE DECREE OF ABRAHAM V. ABRAHAM; CONCLUSION; Conclusion; Bibliography; Archives Consulted; Law Series, Journals, and Newspapers Consulted; Records of Abraham v. Abraham; Printed Primary Sources; Secondary Sources; Index.
Through a landmark court case in mid-nineteenth century colonial India, this book investigates hierarchy and racial difference.
English.
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