A Colonial Affair : Commerce, Conversion, and Scandal in French India /

A Colonial Affair traces the 1716 conviction of Nayiniyappa, a Tamil commercial agent employed by the French East India Company, for tyranny and sedition, and his subsequent public torture, the loss of his wealth, the exile of his family, and his ultimate exoneration. Danna Agmon's gripping mic...

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Hlavní autor: Agmon, Danna, 1977- (Autor)
Médium: Elektronický zdroj E-kniha
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017.
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Obsah:
  • The elusive origins of a colonial scandal
  • Kinship as politics
  • The denial of language
  • Conflict at court
  • Between Paris and Pondichery
  • Archiving the affair.