The East India Company and Religion, 1698-1858

Penelope Carson

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The East India Company and Religion, 1698-1858

Penelope Carson

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2012

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Volume 7 | World Anthropology

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An overview of the East India Company's policy towards religion throughout its period of rule in India.

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History Historical Periods Modern History

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
NOTE ON HINDUISM Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
ABBREVIATIONS Publicly Available Download PDF	x
Map of India Publicly Available Download PDF	xii
INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
One A CHRISTIAN COMPANY ? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	7
Two THE EAST INDIA COMPANY, BRITA IN AND INDIA: 1770–1790 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	18
Three THE 1790s: A TIME OF CRISIS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	34
Four THE PILLAR OF FIRE MOVES FORWARD: THE ADVENT OF BRITISH MISSIONAR IES 1793–1806 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	52
Five THE WISDOM OF THE SERPENT AND THE INNOCENCE OF THE DOVE: THE VELLORE MUTINY AND THE PAMPHLET WAR 1806–1808 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	70
Six TRO UBLED YEARS 1807–1812 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	90
Seven BATTLE LINES DRAWN: MISSIONS, DISSENT AND THE ESTA BLISHMENT Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	110
Eight THE 1813 RENEWAL OF THE COMPANY’S CHARTER : THE RELIGIOUS PUBLIC TAKES ON THE COMPANY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	130
Nine A TURBULENT FRONT IER: THE COMPANY AND RELIGION 1814–1828 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	151
Ten A NEW DA WN? THE ERA OF LORD WILLIAM BENTINCK 1828–1835 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	183
Eleven BETWEEN SCYLLA AND CHARIBDIS 1836–1858 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	206
CONCLUSION AND EPILO GUE: STRANGERS IN THE LAND Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	237
Appendix 1 PRESIDENTS OF THE BOARD OF CONTROL Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	245
Appendix 2 GOVERNORS-GENERAL 1786–1858 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	246
Appendix 3 AIDE MEMOIRE TO NAMES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	248
Appendix 4 ‘THE PIOUS CLAUSE’: EAST INDIA COMPANY CHARTER 53 G.III, c.155 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	250
BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	251
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	261

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September 20, 2012

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9781782040279

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Boydell Press

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291

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https://doi.org/10.1515/9781782040279

eBook ISBN: 9781782040279

Keywords for this book

East India Company; Religion; Colonial Rule; Evangelicals; Christian Missions; Indian Religious Practices; Corruption; Bureaucracy; British Domestic Politics

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