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035 _aEN-85364
035 _aB-736888
037 _bDBAD/PUB
037 _bGift/Eng/03-02-2021
082 _a344.54
100 _aCassels, Nancy Gardner
_d1936-
245 _aSocial legislations of the East India company:
_bpublic justice versus public instruction /
_cby Nancy Gardner Cassels
260 _aNew Delhi
_bSAGE Publications
_c2010
270 _aB1/I-1 Mohan Cooperative Industrial Area, Mathura Road
_bNew Delhi
_e110044
300 _ax, 447p.
_c23cm(Hb)
500 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 _aLaw, order and power : thagi, dacoity and sorcery -- Law as a weapon against child sacrifice, sati, female infanticide and meriah sacrifice -- The legal rights of coolies, slaves and emigrant labourers -- Civil law and the policy of religious toleration -- Abkarry and pilgrim taxes : excise as a regulating instrument -- Public instruction begets Indian agency, free press, and trial by jury -- Conclusion : social legislation in the arena of public instruction versus public justice.
610 _aEast India Company.
650 _aSocial legislation
_xHistory
_y18th century.
_zIndia
650 _aSocial legislation
_xHistory
_y19th century
_zIndia
942 _2ddc
_cEN
_h344.54
_mCAS