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03392cam a2200325 i 4500 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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130131s2012 enkb b 001 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781843837329 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
954.031 |
| Cutter |
CAR.E |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Carson, Penelope, |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
East India Company and religion, 1698-1858 / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Penelope Carson. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
Briatain |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Boydell Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2012 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xii, 277 pages : |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-260) and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
This wide-ranging book charts how the East India Company grappled with religious issues in its multi-faith empire, putting them into the context of pressures exerted both in Britain and on the subcontinent, from the Company's early mercantile beginnings to the bloody end of its rule in 1858. Religion was at the heart of the East India Company's relationship with India, but the course of its religious policy has rarely been examined in any systematic way. The free exercise of religion, the policy the Company adopted in its early days in order to safeguard the security of its possessions, was challenged by Evangelicals in the late eighteenth century. They demanded that the Company should grant free access to Christians of all Protestant denominations and an end to 'barbaric' Indian religious practices. This gave rise to an unprecedented petitioning movement in 1813, comparable in strength to that for the abolition of the slave trade the following year. It was an important milestone in British domestic politics. The final years of the Company's rule were dominated by its attempts to withstand Evangelical demands in the face of growing hostility from Indians. In the end it pleased no one, and its rule came to a gory and ignominious end. In this compelling account, Penny Carson examines the twists and turns of the East India Company's policy on religious issues. The story of how the Company dealt with the fact that it was a Christian Company, trying to be equitable to the different faiths it found in India, has resonances for Britain today as it attempts to accommodate the religions of all its peoples within the Christian heritage and structure of the state. |
| 610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME |
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| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element |
East India Company |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
19th century. |
| 610 27 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME |
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| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element |
East India Company. |
| Source of heading or term |
fast |
| 611 27 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--MEETING NAME |
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| Meeting name or jurisdiction name as entry element |
British Occupation of India (1765-1947) |
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fast |
| 648 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CHRONOLOGICAL TERM |
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| Chronological term |
1765 - 1947 |
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fast |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Religion and state |
| Geographic subdivision |
India |
| General subdivision |
History. |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Religion and state. |
| Source of heading or term |
fast |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
India |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
British occupation, 1765-1947. |
| 651 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
India. |
| Source of heading or term |
fast |
| 655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM |
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| Genre/form data or focus term |
History. |
| Source of term |
fast |
| 856 41 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Materials specified |
Ebook Library |
| Uniform Resource Identifier |
<a href="http://public.eblib.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=1032846">http://public.eblib.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=1032846</a> |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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Dewey Decimal Classification |
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Books |
| 505 0# - |
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A Christian company? -- The East India Company, Britain and India 1770-1790 -- The 1790s: a time of crisis -- The pillar of fire moves forward: the advent of British missionaries 1793-1806 -- The wisdom of the serpent and the innocence of the dove: the Vellore Mutiny and the Pamphlet War 1806-1808 -- Troubled years 1807-1812 -- Battle lines drawn: missions, dissent and the Establishment -- The 1813 renewal of the Company's charter: the religious public takes on the Company -- A turbulent frontier: the Company and religion 1814-1828 -- A new dawn? The era of Lord William Bentinck 1828-1835 -- Between Scylla and Charibdis 1836-1858. |
