Sovereignty and social reform in India
Subtitle: British colonialism and the campaign against sati, 1830-60
By: Andrea Major
Series: Routledge/Edinburgh South Asian studies series
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9780415580502; 9780203841785
Subjects: Women; Social problems; Sati; Colonies; History; Administration; Colonization
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Chivalry, sacrifice and devotion : imagining sati in Rajput society; title: Princes, politics and pragmatism : the formation of British policy on sati in the princely states; title: Victims, perpetrators and self-determined sacrifices : strategies for suppressing sati in the princely states.