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She-Merchants, Buccaneers and Gentlewomen: British Women in India 1600 – 1900

byKatie Hickman

Katie Hickman uses She-Merchants, Buccaneers and Gentlewomen to investigate british Women in India 1600: 1900 through a carefully framed historical account. The narrative identifies the people, decisions, and pressures that shaped the subject, then places those developments within the wider field of history. Attention to evidence keeps the discussion anchored while allowing disagreement, uncertainty, and unintended consequences to remain visible. She-Merchants, Buccaneers and Gentlewomen leaves readers with key context and a clear view of the human stakes involved. The approach makes a specialized subject understandable without stripping away its tensions or ambiguity.

Publisher

Virago

Publication date

2021-08-21

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ISBN

9780349008257