1 option
Colonial terror : torture and state violence in colonial India / Deana Heath.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Heath, Deana, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Torture--India--History.
- Torture.
- India--History--British occupation, 1765-1947.
- India.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (240 pages).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- This title explores the legal role of torture and other violence as it was used in colonial ruling. It rigorously attempts to theorize the nature of this violence, including its materiality and its effects on the bodies of the colonized, and those who perpetrated it. This book provides a full examination of the history of torture in colonial India.
- Notes:
- This edition also issued in print: 2021.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-264616-8
- 0-19-191503-3
- OCLC:
- 1247122803
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.