Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies: Banditry and the British in Early Nineteenth-Century India

Wagner, K.

Based largely on new material, this book examines thuggee as a type of banditry, emerging in a specific socio-economic and geographic context. The British usually described the thugs as fanatic assassins and Kali-worshippers, yet Wagner argues that the history of thuggee need no longer be limited to the study of its representation.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2007-07-12

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230547179

DOI: 10.1057/9780230590205

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 281