Constructing the Colonial Encounter
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Constructing the Colonial Encounter: Right and Left Hand Castes in Early Colonial South India

Constructing the Colonial Encounter: Right and Left Hand Castes in Early Colonial South India


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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 understood. In the nineteenth century the significance of the divisions diminished, a development that has long puzzled historians and anthropologists. In addition, this study addresses the larger issue of the nature of colonial encounters. The rich material relating to these disputes convincingly demonstrates how Europeans and Indians, as they sought to incorporate each other into their own social structure and conceptual universe, participated in a dialogue on the nature of South Indian society.

Table of Contents:
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

About the Author :
Niels Brimnes


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781136819131
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Routledge
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1136819134
  • Publisher Date: 08 May 2019
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • Sub Title: Right and Left Hand Castes in Early Colonial South India


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