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Christians and public life in colonial South India, 1863-1937 : contending with marginality /
"This book tells the story of how Catholic and Protestant Indians have attempted to find their place within the evolving Indian nation. Ironically, British rule in India did not privilege Christians, but pushed them to the margins of a predominantly Hindu society. Drawing upon wide-ranging sour...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
RoutledgeCurzon,
2004.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | "This book tells the story of how Catholic and Protestant Indians have attempted to find their place within the evolving Indian nation. Ironically, British rule in India did not privilege Christians, but pushed them to the margins of a predominantly Hindu society. Drawing upon wide-ranging sources, the book first explains how the Indian judiciary's "official knowledge" isolated Christians from Indian notions of family, caste and nation. It then describes how different varieties and classes of Christians adopted, resisted and reshaped both imperial and nationalist perceptions of their identity. Within a climate of rising communal tension in India, this study finds immediate relevance."--Jacket |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 305 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-295) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203390873 9780203390870 9786610025602 6610025606 9780415323215 0415323215 1134350244 9781134350247 0415646634 9780415646635 1134350252 9781134350254 1280025603 9781280025600 |