Meat, mercy, morality animals and humanitarianism in colonial Bengal, 1850-1920 /
This work disentangles complex discourses around humanitarianism to understand the nature of British colonialism in India. It contends that the colonial project of animal protection in late nineteenth-century Bengal mirrored an irony. Emerging notions of public health and debates on cruelty against...
Main Author: | Samanta, Samiparna, |
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Other Authors: | Oxford Scholarship Online. |
Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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New Delhi :
Oxford University Press,
2021.
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Physical Description: |
1 online resource (288 pages) : illustrations (black and white). |
Edition: | First edition. |
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Oxford scholarship online.
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CMU Electronic Access
Electronic Resource Click HereLocation | Call Number: | Status |
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CMU Electronic Access | Available |