Race, religion, and law in colonial India trials of an interracial family / [electronic resource] :
Chandra Mallampalli.
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
- xviii, 268 p. : ill., maps.
- Cambridge studies in Indian history and society ; no. 19 .
- Cambridge studies in Indian history and society ; 19. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Remembering family; 2. Embodying 'Dora-hood': the brothers and their business; 3. A crisis of trust: sedition and the sale of arms in Kurnool; 4. Letters from Cambridge; 5. The path to litigation; 6. Litigating gender and race: Charlotte sues at Bellary; 7. Francis appeals: the case for continuity; 8. Choice, identity, and law: the decision of London's Privy Council.
"Through a landmark court case in mid-nineteenth century colonial India, this book investigates hierarchy and racial difference in the British encounter with Indian society"--
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9781139186155 (electronic bk.)
Abraham, Matthew, d.1842 --Trials, litigation, etc.
Inheritance and succession--History--India--Bellary (District)--19th century. Legal polycentricity--History--India--Bellary (District)--19th century.