CONSTRUCTING THE CRIMINAL TRIBE IN COLONIAL INDIA by Henry Schwarz ( 9781405120579 )

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CONSTRUCTING THE CRIMINAL TRIBE IN COLONIAL INDIA
ACTING LIKE A THIEF

By:

Henry Schwarz

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1405120576

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9781405120579

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Publisher:

JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD

Pub. date:

1 November, 2005

Pages:

176

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Constructing the Criminal Tribe in Colonial India provides adetailed overview of the phenomenon of the criminaltribe in India from the early days of colonial rule to thepresent.

Synopsis:

Constructing the Criminal Tribe in Colonial India provides adetailed overview of the phenomenon of the criminaltribe in India from the early days of colonial rule to thepresent. * Traces and analyzes historical debates in historiography,anthropology and criminology * Argues that crime in the colonial context is used as much tocontrol subject populations as to define morally repugnantbehavior * Explores how crime evolved as the foil of political legitimacyunder military * Examines the popular movement that has arisen to reverse thediscrimination against the millions of people laboring under thestigma of criminal inheritance, producing a radical culture thatcontests stereotypes to reclaim their humanity

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