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Slavery, Abolitionism and Empire in India, 1772-1843
Andrea Major
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Hardcover. This book explores the complex interactions between imperial expansion, political abolitionism and colonial philanthropy that underpinned the ambivalent attitudes of both British evangelicals and East India company officials towards the existence of slavery in India in the period 1772-1843. Series: Liverpool Studies in International Slavery. Num Pages: 384 pages, 15 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JF; 3JH; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 724.
‘There are no two things in the world more different from each other than East-Indian and West Indian-slavery’ (Robert Inglis, House of Commons Debate, 1833). In Slavery, Abolitionism and Empire in India, 1772–1843, Andrea Major asks why, at a time when East India Company expansion in India, British abolitionism and the missionary movement were all at their height, was the existence of slavery in India so often ignored, denied or excused? By exploring Britain's ambivalent relationship with both real and imagined slaveries in India, and the official, evangelical and popular discourses which surrounded them, she seeks to uncover the various ... Read more
‘There are no two things in the world more different from each other than East-Indian and West Indian-slavery’ (Robert Inglis, House of Commons Debate, 1833). In Slavery, Abolitionism and Empire in India, 1772–1843, Andrea Major asks why, at a time when East India Company expansion in India, British abolitionism and the missionary movement were all at their height, was the existence of slavery in India so often ignored, denied or excused? By exploring Britain's ambivalent relationship with both real and imagined slaveries in India, and the official, evangelical and popular discourses which surrounded them, she seeks to uncover the various ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
361
Condition
New
Series
Liverpool Studies in International Slavery
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846317583
SKU
V9781846317583
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99-50
About Andrea Major
Andrea Major is Lecturer in Wider World History at the University of Leeds.
Reviews for Slavery, Abolitionism and Empire in India, 1772-1843
Reviews 'A most impressive work of scholarship which will come to occupy a major and important niche in this area.' Stanley Engerman 'This will remain the standard history of British abolitionism and Indian slavery for years to come.' Enrico Dal Lago, Comparative Studies in Society and History, vol 55, 4 'This will remain the standard history of British ... Read more