1st Edition
Constructing the Colonial Encounter Right and Left Hand Castes in Early Colonial South India
By Niels Brimnes
Copyright 1999
280 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book offers a systematic analysis of the violent clashes between the South Indian 'right' and 'left' hand caste divisions that repeatedly rocked the European settlements on the Coromandel Coast in the early colonial period. Whereas the Indian population expected the colonial authorities to intervene in the disputes, the Europeans were reluctant to get involved in conflicts which they barely... Read more
Conventions Abbreviations Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. South Indian Society: a Dynamic Interpretation 3. Madras 1700-20: Indigenous Leaders Competing for Honours and Commerce 4. Madras in the 1780s: Caste Disputes in an Expanding Colonial Context 5. Tranquebar in the 1780s: Suppremannia Chetti’s Challenge to the Social Order 103 6. British-Occupied Pondicherry 1794: Unsettled Authority 7. Madras 1800-20: Caste Disputes in the ‘Capital of Kingdoms’ 8. Tranquebar 1815-25: Caste Disputes in a Nineteenth-Century Backwater 9. Madras Presidency 1800-50: Caste Disputes under Judicial Management 10. Conclusion Appendix A: Glossary Appendix B: Castes and Caste Names Bibliography Index
Biography
Niels Brimnes
