Race, Religion and Law in Colonial India

Trials of an Interracial Family

By:

Chandra Mallampalli

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Cambridge Studies in Indian History and Society

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How did British rule in India transform persons from lower social classes? Could Indians from such classes rise in the world by marrying Europeans and embracing their religion and customs? This book explores such questions by examining the intriguing story of an interracial family who lived in southern India in the mid-nineteenth century. The family, which consisted of two untouchable brothers, both of whom married Eurasian women, became wealthy as distillers in the local community. A family dispute resulted in a landmark court case, Abraham v. Abraham. Chandra Mallampalli uses this case to examine the lives of those involved, and shows that far from being products of a 'civilizing mission' who embraced the ways of Englishmen, the Abrahams were ultimately - when faced with the strictures of the colonial legal system - obliged to contend with hierarchy and racial difference.

Author Biography:

Chandra Mallampalli is Associate Professor of History at Westmont College. His publications include Christians and Public Life in Colonial South India, 1863–1937 (2004).

Release date Australia

February 5th, 2015

Author

Chandra Mallampalli

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

3 Maps; 6 Halftones, unspecified

Pages

288

Series

Cambridge Studies in Indian History and Society

Dimensions

152x229x15

ISBN-13

9781107487543

Product ID

22856672

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