A colonial affair : commerce, conversion, and scandal in French India

A colonial affair : commerce, conversion, and scandal in French India / Danna Agmon.

A Colonial Affair traces the 1716 conviction of Nayiniyappa, a Tamil commercial agent employed by the French East India Company, for tyranny and sedition, and his subsequent public torture, the loss of his wealth, the exile of his family, and his ultimate exoneration. Danna Agmon's gripping mic...

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Main Author: Agmon, Danna, 1977- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Compagnie des Indes orientales > History.
Compagnie des Indes orientales
1700-1799
French > India > Puducherry (Union Territory) > History > 18th century.
HISTORY > Asia > India & South Asia.
HISTORY > Europe > France.
French
Puducherry (India : Union Territory) > History > 18th century.
India > Puducherry (Union Territory)
History
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Table of Contents:
  • The elusive origins of a colonial scandal
  • Kinship as politics
  • The denial of language
  • Conflict at court
  • Between Paris and Pondichéry
  • Archiving the affair.

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