Ramaseeana

Name: Ramaseeana
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9781108028752
Price: 78.38 EUR
Availability: InStock

Or a Vocabulary of the Peculiar Language Used by the Thugs

Autor: W. H. Sleeman

Jazyk:

Väzba: Brožovaná

Vydavateľ: Cambridge University Press

Dostupnosť: Skladom u dodávateľa

Odosielame za 10-18 dní

78.38 €

Thugs, or thuggees, were members of secretive gangs that robbed and sometimes murdered travellers in...

Informácie o knihe

Autor

W. H. Sleeman

Jazyk

Angličtina

Väzba

Kniha - Brožovaná

Vydalo

2011

Stránok

824

EAN

9781108028752

ISBN

1108028756

Enbook ID

02056222

Vydavateľ

Cambridge University Press

Hmotnosť

1030

Rozmery

140 x 216 x 46

Kompletný popis

Thugs, or thuggees, were members of secretive gangs that robbed and sometimes murdered travellers in India; they were also said to worship the Hindu goddess Kali. The British colonial administrator William Henry Sleeman (1788–1856) took a special interest in these gangs and mounted a campaign to eradicate them. Between 1826 and 1840 thousands of Thugs were imprisoned or hanged. The outcome of the operation was due in part to Sleeman's focus on gathering intelligence about the gangs' coded communications. This substantial vocabulary, published in 1836, was compiled from conversations with informers and interrogations of prisoners. It includes words such as adhoreea, which means an intended victim who escaped being murdered, or dhurohurkurna, which is the verb 'to strangle'. The book contains much fascinating data for linguists and historians, and includes an appendix of cases and depositions that constitutes a useful source on crime in colonial India.

Mohlo by vás zaujímať

Zákazníci, ktorí si kúpili túto knihu, kúpili tiež

Najčastejšie vyhľadávané

Categories

Authors

Publishers

Produkty

Produkty

Najčastejšie vyhľadávané

Categories

Authors

Publishers

Produkty

Produkty

Ramaseeana

Or a Vocabulary of the Peculiar Language Used by the Thugs

Informácie o knihe

Kompletný popis

Mohlo by vás zaujímať

Zákazníci, ktorí si kúpili túto knihu, kúpili tiež