The uprising [electronic resource] : colonial state, Christian missionaries, and anti-slavery movement in North-East India (1908-1954) / Sajal Nag.
2016
BV3265 .N24 2016eb
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The uprising [electronic resource] : colonial state, Christian missionaries, and anti-slavery movement in North-East India (1908-1954) / Sajal Nag.
Author
Nag, Sajal, 1958- author.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780199086412 (electronic book)
Published
New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xl, 403 pages)
Item Number
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199460892 doi
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BV3265 .N24 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
266.009541
Summary
This text focuses on the confrontation between the colonialists and evangelists over the issue of slavery in the north-eastern part of the British empire in India. Written in the form of a narrative, integrating historical analysis, this work brings out the immense historical significance of this conflict as it exemplified not only the contradictions between the colonial state and the missionary institutions but also the impact of modernization on the colonized population.
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This text focuses on the confrontation between the colonialists and evangelists over the issue of slavery in the north-eastern part of the British empire in India. Written in the form of a narrative, integrating historical analysis, this work brings out the immense historical significance of this conflict as it exemplified not only the contradictions between the colonial state and the missionary institutions but also the impact of modernization on the colonized population.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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