'Honourable Machinations': The Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy Baronetcy and the Indian Response to the Honours System in India

South Asia Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-75

  Palsetia, Jesse S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

baronetcy; colonial response; colonial setting; imperial ideology; imperial rituals; Indian honours system; Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy; Parsis

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954121223     PISSN: 02627280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/02627280030231003     Document Type: Article

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