Sajal Nag

The Uprising

Colonial State, Christian Missionaries, and Anti-Slavery Movement in North-East India (1908-1954)

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Produktbeschreibung

The book focuses on the confrontation between the colonialists and evangelists over the issue of slavery in the north-eastern part of the British empire in India. Written in the form of a narrative, integrating historical analysis, this work brings out the immense historical significance of this conflict as it exemplified not only the contradictions between the colonial state and the missionary institutions but also the impact of modernization on the colonized population.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 444
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 147mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9780199460892
• ISBN-10: 0199460892
• Artikelnr.: 47867641

Autorenporträt

Sajal Nag is Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Distinguished Chair Professor in Social Sciences and Head of the Department, History, at Presidency University, Kolkata

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
1 The Making of a Probable Slave
2 Encountering the Slave
3 Locking Horns
4 Taming the Radical
5 Intervention of the Slave
6 The Establishment Strikes Back
7 Losing the Battle
8 Winning the War
9 The Final Leap
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
About the Author