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Hardwick, Joseph (2011) Vestry politics and the emergence of a reform ‘public’ in Calcutta, 1813-36. Historical Research, Volume 84 (Number 223). pp. 87-108. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2281.2010.00542.x ISSN 0950-3471.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2281.2010.00542.x
Abstract
This article deals with a moment in the eighteen-twenties when, it has been argued, British expatriates and middle-class Indians in Calcutta came together to form a multi-ethnic reform public. It is often assumed that this public emerged as a result of the introduction of press censorship in 1823. This article, by contrast, argues that the origins of the reform movement should be traced to the unlikely surroundings of the vestry of one of Calcutta's Anglican churches. The article gives us a new perspective on India's 'age of reform', and shows how municipal reform, often considered to be a metropolitan phenomenon, not only surfaced in the colonial world but also prepared the ground for later campaigns for free trade, judicial reform and a representative legislature.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BX Christian Denominations D History General and Old World > DS Asia |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > History | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Anglican Communion -- India -- History -- 19th century, Anglican Communion -- Government -- History -- 19th century | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Historical Research | ||||
Publisher: | Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||||
ISSN: | 0950-3471 | ||||
Official Date: | February 2011 | ||||
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Volume: | Volume 84 | ||||
Number: | Number 223 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 87-108 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1468-2281.2010.00542.x | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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