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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| Place / Publishing House: | London : : Cornell University Press,, 2017. ©2017. |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 217 pages :); illustrations, maps |
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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 Pondichery
- Archiving the affair.