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Thuggee: Banditry and the British in Early Nineteenth-Century India (Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series)
Kim A. Wagner
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Description for Thuggee: Banditry and the British in Early Nineteenth-Century India (Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series)
Hardcover. Based largely on new material, this book examines thuggee as a type of banditry, emerging in a specific socio-economic and geographic context. The British usually described the thugs as fanatic assassins and Kali-worshippers, yet Wagner argues that the history of thuggee need no longer be limited to the study of its representation. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 maps, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJD; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 168 x 22. Weight in Grams: 502.
Based largely on new material, this book examines thuggee as a type of banditry, emerging in a specific socio-economic and geographic context. The British usually described the thugs as fanatic assassins and Kali-worshippers, yet Wagner argues that the history of thuggee need no longer be limited to the study of its representation.
Based largely on new material, this book examines thuggee as a type of banditry, emerging in a specific socio-economic and geographic context. The British usually described the thugs as fanatic assassins and Kali-worshippers, yet Wagner argues that the history of thuggee need no longer be limited to the study of its representation.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series
Number of Pages
281
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230547179
SKU
V9780230547179
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About Kim A. Wagner
KIM A. WAGNER completed his PhD in History at the University of Cambridge, UK, in 2003. He is currently a Research Fellow at King's College Cambridge, and Associate Researcher at the University of Edinburgh. He works on banditry and the methodological use of trial records, as well as colonial fears of indigenous conspiracies.
Reviews for Thuggee: Banditry and the British in Early Nineteenth-Century India (Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series)
Shortlisted for the 2008 History Today-Longman Book of the Year Award. See the History Today website for more information: http://www.historytoday.com/Faq.aspx?m=408&amid=408 'This is a monograph by a young scholar which takes a notoriously difficult problem in 19th century colonial history the rumoured religious cult of Thuggee whereby travellers in a remote region of Uttar Pradesh, were ... Read more