Pandita Ramabai's America
Subtitle: conditions of life in the United States
By: edited, with a biographical introduction by Robert Eric Frykenberg ; Kshitija Gomes, translator ; Philip C. Engblom, translation editor.
Contributors: Frykenberg, Robert Eric.; Gomes, Kshitija.; Engblom, Philip C., 1951-
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Pub.
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, MI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
Subjects: Ramabai Sarasvati, Pandita, 1858-1922 -- Travel -- United States.; Women, East Indian -- Travel -- United States.; Women, East Indian -- Biography.; Women social reformers -- India -- Biography.; United States -- Description and travel.; United States -- Social conditions -- 1865-1918.; United States -- Civilization -- 1865-1918.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Pandita Ramabai (1858-1922), renowned for her amazing learning in an age when most Indian women did not even learn to read, became a world-famous social reformer and speaker. When Ramabai's travels brought her to the United States, she decided to record her impressions of America and its citizens to share with her compatriots back home. Presenting in English the full text of Ramabai's well-written and charming work, this volume can be compared with that of Alexis de Tocqueville. In these pages Ramabai describes and assesses American domestic conditions, education, religious life, government, and business. While upholding some aspects of American life, especially the improved status of women, as ideals for her own country, Ramabai also makes insightful criticisms of life in the United States."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-322).