Thuggee : Banditry and the British in Early Nineteenth-Century India /

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...

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Main Author:	Wagner, Kim A. (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Series:	Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series.
Subjects:	History. Asian History. Cultural History. European History. History of Britain and Ireland. Modern History. Social History. Civilization > History. History, Modern. Social history. Asia > History. Europe > History. Great Britain > History. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book