Contentious Traditions
Subtitle: The Debate on Sati in Colonial India
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: December 30, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9780520214071
Subjects: Customs; Hinduism; Religious rites & ceremonies; Women's studies; Social Science; Death & Dying; History - General History; Sociology; India; Asia - India; Women's Studies - History; History / General; Customs & Traditions; Asia - India & South Asia; Sati
First sentence: The year 1765 is extremely significant to any consideration of colonialism in India.