Niels Brimnes: 1 book
Constructing the Colonial Encounter
Right and Left Hand Castes in Early Colonial South India
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2019
This book offers a systematic analysis of the violent clashes between the South Indian 'right' and 'left' hand caste divisions that repeatedly rocked the European settlements on the Coromandel Coast in the early colonial period. Whereas the Indian population expected the colonial authorities to intervene...
