The Strangled Traveler

Colonial Imaginings And The Thugs Of India

by Martine Van Woerkens
language: english
Publisher: THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS, November of 2002 ‧
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British colonists in 1830's India lived in terror of the thugs. Reputed to be brutal criminals, the Thugs supposedly strangled and robbed thousands of travellers in the name of the goddess, Kali. Did the Thugs really exist? Or were they yet more colonial imaginings?

The Strangled Traveler

Colonial Imaginings And The Thugs Of India

by Martine Van Woerkens

Property Description
ISBN: 9780226850863
Publisher: THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS
Release Date: November of 2002
Language: English
Dimensions: 133 x 229 x 22 mm
Cover: Softcover
Pages: 375
Format: Book
Collection: Women In Culture And Society Series
Categories: Books in English > History > History of Asia
EAN: 9780226850863