Samuel Mateer

Native Life in Travancore

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book covers the cultural, regional, and socio-economic aspects of the Travancore region, which was a Princely state.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manohar Publishers and Distributors
• Seitenzahl: 450
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 150mm x 227mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 620g
• ISBN-13: 9788119953547
• ISBN-10: 8119953541
• Artikelnr.: 70876768

Autorenporträt

Samuel Mateer (1835-1893) was a Belfast-based British missionary. He was educated in Christian theology at Bedford Theological College. He left for India in 1858 and was in-charge of the Parassala Mission till he led Trivandrum Mission, where a church under his name, Mateer Memorial Church was established by the Mission. He was also involved in the indigenization of the mission, where he worked with the Pulaya community of south Kerala. He was also known as 'Pulaya Padri' for his work for the said and other backward communities of the region. He authored books like Land of Charity , Gospel in South India, etc. He left for England in 1891, and died there two years later.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter I The Century Descriptive 1
Chapter II The People and their Classification 24
Chapter III The Pulayars 33
Chapter VI Vedars 60
Chapter V Kuravars 61
Chapter VI The Hill Tribes 63
Chapter VII Pariahs 82
Chapter VIII Ilavars 83
Chapter IX Shanars 99
Chapter X Potters 108
Chapter XI Pandarams 110
Chapter XII Malaya, Sudras 111
Chapter XIII The Royal Family 115
Chapter XIV Naburi Brahmans 143
Chapter XV Muhammadans 146
Chapter XVI The Syrians Christians 158
Chapter XVII Nepotism 169
Chapter XVIII The Kudumi or Hindu Tuft of Hair 188
Chapter XIX Female Life 200
Chapter XX Agriculture 216
Chapter XXI Coffee Cultivation 225
Chapter XXII Cotton Manufacture 239
Chapter XXIII Cocoanut Fibre and manufactures 243
Chapter XXIV Boats and Fishing 246
Chapter XXV Indian Music 254
Chapter XXVI Music Instruments 272
Chapter XXVII Distillation and Excise 278
Chapter XXVIII Political and Social Condition in Former Times 287
Chapter XXIX Slavery 297
Chapter XXX Christian Work among the Slave Castes 312
Chapter XXXI Serpent Worship 319
Chapter XXXII Hindu Caste and Pollution 330
Chapter XXXIII Recent Measures of Reform 353
Chapter XXXIV Further Reform Needed 363
Chapter XXXV History of Travancore 378
Chapter XXXVI Educated Natives 396
Chapter XXXVII Mission Work 414
Chapter XXXVIII Appendix – Indian Tunes 426
Chapter XXXIX Glossary 429