Rammohun Roy and the making of Victorian Britain
By: by Lynn Zastoupil.
Series: Palgrave studies in cultural and intellectual history
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230616806
Subjects: Rammohun Roy, -- Raja, -- 1772?-1833; Rammohun Roy, -- Raja, -- 1772?-1833 -- Political and social views; Statesmen -- India -- Biography; Social reformers -- India -- Biography; Unitarians -- India -- Biography; Celebrities -- Great Britain -- Biography; Bengal (India) -- Biography; Transnationalism -- Case studies; Social reformers -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Great Britain -- History -- 1714-1837
Genres: Biography; Case studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The celebrated Rammohun Roy; title: The Unitarians; title: Rammohun Roy, Thomas Jefferson, and the Bible; title: Rammohun Roy, celebrity Unitarian; title: Slavery and sati; title: Rammohun Roy and early Victorian feminism; title: Liberty of the press; title: Free trade and a reformed Parliament; title: Provincializing England; title: Rammohun Roy, MP?; title: Epilogue: A fitting statue on College Green; title: Appendix A: Half a Christian?; title: Appendix B: Rammohun Roy's presentation letter to the Duke of Sussex.