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The uprising : colonial state, Christian missionaries, and anti-slavery movement in North-East India (1908-1954
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nag, Sajal, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Missions--History--India, Northeastern.
- Missions.
- Evangelistic work--History--India, Northeastern.
- Evangelistic work.
- Antislavery movements--History--India, Northeastern.
- Antislavery movements.
- India, Northeastern--Church history.
- India, Northeastern.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 5, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-908641-9
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