Geoffrey a oddie (78 resultados)

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Condición: New. pp. x + 200, Map, Index 1st Edition.

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Original cloth with dustjacket. Dustjacket slightly discolored, minor traces of use, else in (very) good condition. Text in English. With Figures in black and white. Please see description or ask for photos.

Hardcover. Condición: New. ISBN:9788173041013.

Condición: New. pp. 236.

Condición: New. pp. 236.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Some rubbing and creasing to the edges of the DJ. PO name inside front cover. Pages are clean and free from markings or creases. Binding is tight. BP.

Hardcover. Condición: VG/VG. Hardcover with very good dust jacket.

Hard cover. Condición: Very good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very good. Minor rubbing and edge wear on jacket, but clean. Crisp and unmarked inside.

Hardcover. Condición: New. ISBN:9789351505723,236pp.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Contents: Preface. Introduction. 1. General features and regional variations. 2. Controlling the spirits: Siva and the Saktis. 3. Patrons and profiteers. 4. Government attempts at suppression. 5. The western-educated elites: changing attitudes towards suppression. Conclusion. Bibliography. I. Select Documents. 1. The Charak Puja and hook-swinging in lower Bengal. 2. A Bengali Scholar's account of the Charak Puja. 3. A priest of Kali on the evils of reform. 4. Protestant Missionary Memorial in the legislative council against hook-swinging and other forms of torture inflicted during the Charak Puja, 1858. 5. Secretary state's comments on the Misssionary Memorial. 6. The British Indian association on the Bengal Government's proposals to prohibit the practice. 7. Hook-Swinging among the Santals: Rajmahal hills, Bihar, 1870. II. Hook-Swinging in Bombay. 1. A Brahman account, December 1844. 2. An English Judge's reaction to an exhibition in Khandesh district. 3. An Indian official's comments. III. Hook-Swinging in South India. 1. Extracts from the Rev. J.E. Sharkey's journal of a visit to the festival at Weyoor, Masulipatam district. 2. Continuance of the practice in Tanjore district. 3. The revival at Sholavandan, Madura district, 21 October 1891: a mission doctor's account. 4. The Hindu newspaper's criticism of the Madras Government's apparent inertia. 5. Vizagapatam pundits on the lack of a scriptural basis for the practice. 6. Enquiry into the death of a hook-swinger at Bheemanaickenpoliem, Trichninopoly district, 1893. Index. …

Soft cover. Condición: New. ISBN:9781138895676.

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Hardcover. 160pp. This is the original first edition published by Curzon. Ex-library copy with minimal library markings. a very good clean and unmarked copy without a dust jacket.

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Condición: New. pp. 280.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: x, 280 pages : maps ; 23 cm. Notes: Also published Wellesley Hills: Riverdale, 1991. Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-269) and index. Contents: 1. Legacies and Setting -- 2. Company Policies, Temples and Changing Attitudes, 1800-1838 -- 3. The Results of the Company's Disconnection with Hinduism -- 4. Sectarian Conflicts within Srivaishavaism: Tengalais and Vadagalais -- 5. The Character, Role and Significance of Non-Braham Saivite Maths in Tanjore District -- 6. Aspects of Popular Hinduism -- 7. Brahmans and Christian Conversion -- 8. The Depressed Classes and Christianity -- 9. The Christian Community in a Hindu Setting: Continuities and Change -- 10. Hindu Revivalism and Theosophy -- Appendix 1: Adhinam Temples, Tanjore District, c. 1841-1900 -- Appendix 2: Trustees of some Non-Adhinam Temples, Tanjore District -- Appendix 3: Temple Committees -- Appendix 4: Temple Lands and Income, Tanjore District -- Appendix 5: Castes denied Entry into Principal Temples, Tanjore District, c. 1881-1901 -- Appendix 6: Peak Attendances at some Religious Festivals: Estimates. Appendix 7: Tanjore and Trichinopoly: Religious Communities -- Appendix 8: Brahman Converts -- Appendix 9: Religion by Caste -- Appendix 10: Theosophical Society Members, Trichinopoly and Tanjore Districts, 1883-1900 -- Appendix 11: Education by Caste: Hindus, 1888-1889 -- Appendix 12: Hindu Tract Society Membership, 1888-1889 -- Appendix 13: Enrolments in Government and Missionary Colleges: Tanjore and Trichinopoly Districts, 1881-1882 to 1893-1894. Subjects: Geschichte 1800-1900. Christianity and other religions Hinduism. Hinduism Relations Christianity. Christianisme Relations Hindouisme. Hindouisme Relations Christianisme. 11.07 relations between religions. Christianity. Hinduism. Interfaith relations. Religion. Christentum Hinduismus Religionssoziologie Hindoes. Christenen.Christianity and other religions Hinduism. Hinduism Relations christianity. Christianity Relations Hinduism. Hinduism India, South2:(548) Christianity India, South. Hinduism Relitions Christianity. Tamil Nadu (India) Religion. Tamil Nadu (Inde) Religion. India Tamil Nadu. Indien Su?d Indien Su?dost Tamil Nadu (India) Religious life and customs. India, South Religious life and customs History. India Religion.India, South Church history. India, South Religion 19th century HinduismChristianity India Hinduism 1 Kg. …

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First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: x, 280 pages : maps ; 23 cm. Notes: Also published Wellesley Hills: Riverdale, 1991. Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-269) and index. Contents: 1. Legacies and Setting -- 2. Company Policies, Temples and Changing Attitudes, 1800-1838 -- 3. The Results of the Company's Disconnection with Hinduism -- 4. Sectarian Conflicts within Srivaishavaism: Tengalais and Vadagalais -- 5. The Character, Role and Significance of Non-Braham Saivite Maths in Tanjore District -- 6. Aspects of Popular Hinduism -- 7. Brahmans and Christian Conversion -- 8. The Depressed Classes and Christianity -- 9. The Christian Community in a Hindu Setting: Continuities and Change -- 10. Hindu Revivalism and Theosophy -- Appendix 1: Adhinam Temples, Tanjore District, c. 1841-1900 -- Appendix 2: Trustees of some Non-Adhinam Temples, Tanjore District -- Appendix 3: Temple Committees -- Appendix 4: Temple Lands and Income, Tanjore District -- Appendix 5: Castes denied Entry into Principal Temples, Tanjore District, c. 1881-1901 -- Appendix 6: Peak Attendances at some Religious Festivals: Estimates. Appendix 7: Tanjore and Trichinopoly: Religious Communities -- Appendix 8: Brahman Converts -- Appendix 9: Religion by Caste -- Appendix 10: Theosophical Society Members, Trichinopoly and Tanjore Districts, 1883-1900 -- Appendix 11: Education by Caste: Hindus, 1888-1889 -- Appendix 12: Hindu Tract Society Membership, 1888-1889 -- Appendix 13: Enrolments in Government and Missionary Colleges: Tanjore and Trichinopoly Districts, 1881-1882 to 1893-1894. Subjects: Geschichte 1800-1900. Christianity and other religions Hinduism. Hinduism Relations Christianity. Christianisme Relations Hindouisme. Hindouisme Relations Christianisme. 11.07 relations between religions. Christianity. Hinduism. Interfaith relations. Religion. Christentum Hinduismus Religionssoziologie Hindoes. Christenen.Christianity and other religions Hinduism. Hinduism Relations christianity. Christianity Relations Hinduism. Hinduism India, South2:(548) Christianity India, South. Hinduism Relitions Christianity. Tamil Nadu (India) Religion. Tamil Nadu (Inde) Religion. India Tamil Nadu. Indien Su?d Indien Su?dost Tamil Nadu (India) Religious life and customs. India, South Religious life and customs History. India Religion.India, South Church history. India, South Religion 19th century HinduismChristianity India Hinduism 1 Kg. …

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Condición: New. pp. 280.

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