Counterflows to Colonialism: Indian Travellers and Settlers in Britain, 1600-1857

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Orient Blackswan, 2006 - East Indians - 487 pages
 

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Complexities of Context Gender Class and Ethnicity 84
8
Knowledge Representations and Power
14
Indians Britons and
20
Indians in Britain as British Colonial Conquests
50
Indian Scholars and Teachers during
103
Indian Seamen and the Company
137
Crossing Identity Boundaries
180
Indians Claiming Nobility in Britain
189
Boundaries and Their Limits
211
Indian Delegations Entering London
243
Britain as Site of Pleasure and Advancement
299
Seeking Honours Knowledge Profit and Justice
338
Indian Communities in Britain during the Decades
381
Conclusions and Beyond 1857
431
Bibliography
441
Index
471

Contested Definitions of Indian Identity
201

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