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The fishing fleet : husband-hunting in the Raj / Anne de Courcy

By:

De Courcy, Anne

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Publication details: New York : HarperCollins Books , 2012Description: 335 p. : illus. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780062290076

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

305.4095 DEC

LOC classification:

DS428 .D43 2012

Summary: When the British went to India to trade and work, the men who left the country knew they would probably not return and married Indian wives or took Indian mistresses. As the East India Company was replaced by government, men were curtailed from doing this by various means. The Company then began to pay passage to India of a number of willing women who were maintained for a year and expected to marry within that time. For young women, unable to make a 'good match' at home, it was a chance to find a husband with prospects, women flocked to India, willing to try to make a go of it. De Courcy brings this forgotten era vividly to life.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	305.4095 DEC (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		012348

Includes bibliographical references p. 315 - 318 and index

When the British went to India to trade and work, the men who left the country knew they would probably not return and married Indian wives or took Indian mistresses. As the East India Company was replaced by government, men were curtailed from doing this by various means. The Company then began to pay passage to India of a number of willing women who were maintained for a year and expected to marry within that time. For young women, unable to make a 'good match' at home, it was a chance to find a husband with prospects, women flocked to India, willing to try to make a go of it. De Courcy brings this forgotten era vividly to life.

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