Marginal Europeans in Colonial India
By Sarmistha De.
Description
Language: EnglishPages: 316About the AuthorEven as Victorian England sought means and methods to 'manage' its poor through new laws, the colonial rulers of India found the European poor in India a threat to the myth of superiority and homogeneity they were busy building up for the British ruling class.This study focuses on this particular section of European settlers in India, referred to in contemporary official papers as the Europeans' or 'mean whites: which loosely meant a white underclass comprising destitute, vagrants, convicts, lunatics and prostitutes. Primarily a...
ISBN(s)
8186017585, 9788186017586
