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Thuggee: Banditry and the British in Early Nineteenth-Century India - Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies
K. Wagner
Thuggee: Banditry and the British in Early Nineteenth-Century India - Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies
K. Wagner
Based largely on new material, this book examines thuggee as a type of banditry, emerging in a specific socio-economic and geographic context. The British usually described the thugs as fanatic assassins and Kali-worshippers, yet Wagner argues that the history of thuggee need no longer be limited to the study of its representation.
304 pages, 2 maps, 16 b&w illustrations
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | July 12, 2007 |
ISBN13 | 9780230547179 |
Publishers | Palgrave Macmillan |
Pages | 281 |
Dimensions | 168 × 224 × 22 mm · 503 g |