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Sex and the family in colonial India : the making of empire /

Ghosh, Durba, 1967-

Sex and the family in colonial India : the making of empire / Durba Ghosh. - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006. - xi, 277 p. : 24 cm. - Cambridge studies in Indian history and society ; 13 .

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Colonial companions
2. Residing with begums: William Palmer, James Achilles Kirkpatrick and their 'wives'
3. Good patriarchs, uncommon families
4. Native women, native lives
5. Household order and colonial justice
6. Servicing military families: family labour, pensions and orphans
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.

9780521857048 (hbk.) 9780521898799 (pbk.) 052185704X


Interracial marriage--History--India--18th century.
Interracial marriage--History--India--19th century.
Concubinage--History--India--18th century.

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