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: Hardcover
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9780520214064
Subjects: Customs; Hinduism; Religious rites & ceremonies; Women's studies; Sati; Cultural And Social Anthropology; Marriage; Social Science; History - General History; Women's Studies - History; Sociology; India; Asia - India; Death & Dying; History / General; Anthropology - Cultural; Sociology - Marriage & Family
First sentence: The year 1765 is extremely significant to any consideration of colonialism in India.