Help needed

[desertvixen]

Okay, I need a little help with this Brit History class. I need ideas for a Wikipedia entry about an issue/person/place, hopefully related to British rule in India, colonial law, and/or women. Combos accepted.

I have to turn this in by 3/19. Any suggestions, even broad ones, are appreciated.

DV

Comments

For Brit History

[lonelydolly.livejournal.com]

on the topic of women: Testament of Youth (Penguin Classics) (Paperback)
by Vera Brittain, Mark Bostridge
Check it out on amazon, and maybe google her or wikipedia
:)

[garbagewomyn.livejournal.com]

Gandhi and the nonviolent resistance to the Brittish rule is pretty interesting.

You might want to look at the sati/suti practice of Hinduism. When a man died they burned his wife with him (burnt her alive). I am pretty sure the Brittish had something to say with this practice. I am pretty sure Gandhi had things to say as well.

[carbonelle.livejournal.com]

Here's an intersting link on the Ghandi nobody knows (http://eserver.org/history/ghandi-nobody-knows.txt) if you feel like playing contrarian.

[oilhistorian.livejournal.com]

Empire and sexuality is a booming field. Here's one bibliography (admittedly concerning male sexuality).

http://www.h-net.org/~women/bibs/mas.html

[carbonelle.livejournal.com]

How about the Great Game? That is, the Brits and the Russians viz Northern India and Pakistan

***trots off to re-read Kim***

[desert-vixen.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the suggestions, but I lucked out and found one in the midst of my readings.

The 1856 Widow Re-Marriage Act.

DV