Fort Cochin in Kerala, 1750-1830 : the social condition of a Dutch community in an Indian milieu / by Anjana Singh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Singh, Anjana, 1976-

Series:

TANAP monographs on the history of the Asian-European interaction ; v. 13.

TANAP monographs on the history of Asian-European interaction, 1871-6938 ; v. 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie--History.

Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie.

Dutch--India--Cochin--Social conditions.

Dutch.

Community life--India--Cochin--History.

Community life.

Social change--India--Cochin--History.

Social change.

Fort Cochin (Cochin, India)--Ethnic relations.

Fort Cochin (Cochin, India).

Fort Cochin (Cochin, India)--History.

Cochin (India)--Ethnic relations.

Cochin (India).

Cochin (India)--History.

Kerala (India)--Ethnic relations.

Kerala (India).

Kerala (India)--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (339 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study of the early modern fortress town of Cochin in India, based on the rarely used VOC archival deposits in the Tamilnadu State Archives in Chennai (Madras), provides an intimate portrait of a Dutch urban community of East India Company servants and their dependents living within the larger social environment of the Malabar coast. It shows how between 1750 and 1830 the population of this Dutch settlement had adapted itself to the fundamental political and economic changes that occurred as a result of local state formation processes, the demise of the Dutch East India Company, and the change of regime that occurred when English administration was imposed on Fort Cochin in 1795.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / A. Singh

Introduction / A. Singh

Chapter One. Getting To Know Places And Peoples: Cochin Circa 1750 / A. Singh

Chapter Two. The Metamorphosis Of The Malabar Command (1750–1784) / A. Singh

Chapter Three. The Social World Of Fort Cochin / A. Singh

Chapter Four. Days Of Reckoning (1784–1795) / A. Singh

Chapter Five. Life After The VOC / A. Singh

Chapter Six. Adapting To British Cochin (1798–1830) / A. Singh

Conclusion / A. Singh

Notes / A. Singh

Appendix 1. Memorandum Of Gardens And Lands Belonging To The VOC On The Coast Of Malabar, Dated 1781 / A. Singh

Appendix 2. List Of People Living In Fort Cochin Towards The End Of 1792 / A. Singh

Appendix 3. List Of People In The Orphanage On The Heerenstraat In 1792, Whose Estates Were Being Managed By The Orphan Board / A. Singh

Appendix 4. Number Of Households Per Street (1792) / A. Singh

Appendix 5. List Of Residents Of Cochin On 5 April 1814 / A. Singh

Appendix 6. A Few Grave-Stones Of Dutch Persons Connected With Fort Cochin That Could Be Traced In Malabar Up To Mid-Nineteenth Century / A. Singh

Appendix 7. VOC And EIC Commanders, Governors, And Governors-General / A. Singh

Appendix 8. Family-Tree Of Families Of Cochin / A. Singh

Bibliography / A. Singh

Index / A. Singh.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-94928-4

9786612949289

90-04-19025-2

OCLC:

695988891

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004168169.i-317 DOI