Woerkens, Martine van

THE STRANGLED TRAVELER Colonial Imaginings and the Thugs of India

Chicago London, The University of Chicago Press, 2002. 1st edition 360 pp. hardcover. British colonists in 1830s India lived in terror of the Thugs. Reputed to be brutal criminals, the Thugs supposedly strangled, beheaded and robbed thousands of travellers in the goddess Kali's name. The British responded with equally brutal repression of the Thugs and developed a compulsive fascination with tales of their monstrous deeds. Did the Thugs really exist, or did the British invent them as an excuse to seize tighter control of India? Drawing on historical and anthropological accounts, Indian tales and sacred texts, and detailed analyses of the secret Thug language, Martine van Woerkens reveals for the first time the real story of the Thugs. very good condition

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Van Woerkens, Martine,

Strangled Traveler: Colonial Imaginings and the Thugs of India.

Chicago, Univ. Of Chicago Press, 2002. Trade Paperback., Vg in Wraps. Light Edgewear. Pages: 360.

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Book number: MASTER343280I

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WOERKENS, MARTINE VAN

Le Voyageur étranglé: L'Inde Des Thugs, Le Colonialisme Et L'imaginaire

Paris, France, Albin Michel. 1995. (ISBN: 2226078584). paperback. Text is clean, clear, bright and tight througout, with numerous black and white, and some colour, images. The cover is in relatively good condition, with few marks. Some marking to page block. Some minor marginalia (pencil) throughout. Good/No Dust Jacket.

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Book number: 112152

Catalogue: Foreign Language - French

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WOERKENS, Martine van.

Le voyageur étranglé. L'Inde des Thugs, le colonialisme et l'imaginaire. Collection Bibliothèque Albin Michel, Histoire.

Paris, Editions Albin Michel S. A., 1995,. 225x145mm, 430 pages, broché. illustré, Bel exemplaire.

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Book number: 109512

Keywords: Histoire Indes