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Revival: Suttee (1928) : A Historical and Philosophical Enquiry Into the Hindu Rite of Widow-Burning / Edward John Thompson
(Routledge Revivals)

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Links to the text	Library Off-campus access			OB00184903		Taylor & Francis eBooks Archive Collection (電子ブック)	9781315123585

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Contents	chapter I Origin of Suttee / Edward Thompson chapter II Prevalence and Area of the Rite: Suttee Memorials / Edward Thompson chapter III The Form that Suttee Took / Edward Thompson chapter IV Reasons for Suttee / Edward Thompson chapter V Was Suttee Voluntary? / Edward Thompson chapter VI Attempts at Prohibition: Last Years of Legal Suttee in British India / Edward Thompson chapter VII Prohibition in British India / Edward Thompson chapter VIII The Suppression of Suttee in Native States / Edward Thompson chapter IX Illegal Suttee / Edward Thompson chapter X Legal Suttee To-Day / Edward Thompson chapter XI Concluding Considerations / Edward Thompson
Notes	"I suppose the impulse to write this book dates back to my shame and anger in India when men and women of my own race extolled suttee, and the amazement with which I first saw the memorials of Hindu kings, with the satis couching forms. But the impulse was slight, and would have slept but for a publishers interest. Messrs. Allen & Unwin passed on to me questions asked about suttee by their reader when reporting on my share in Three Eastern Plays. Receiving my reply, they suggested that I should right on this subject."--Provided by publisher HTTP:URL=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315123585 Pub. note=Click here to view.
Subjects	FREE:Asian Studies LCSH:Asia -- Study and teaching All Subject Search
ID	8000086441
ISBN	9781315123585