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Author Ramabai Sarasvati, 1858-1922

Title Pandita Ramabai's American encounter : the peoples of the United States (1889) / by Pandita Ramabai ; translated and edited by Meera Kosambi
Published Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 284 pages) : illustrations
Series Book collections on Project MUSE
Contents Machine generated contents note: Introduction : Returning the American Gaze: Situating Pandita Ramabai's American Encounter / Meera Kosambi -- Peoples of the United States / Pandita Ramabai -- 1. Voyage from Liverpool to Philadelphia -- 2. "Nethermost World," or Continent of America -- 3. System of Government -- 4. Social Conditions -- 5. Domestic Conditions -- 6. Education and Learning -- 7. Religious Denominations and Charities -- 8. Condition of Women -- 9. Commerce and Industry
Summary Offers insight into an Indian woman's take on American culture in the 19th century
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-273) and index
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Ramabai Sarasvati, 1858-1922 -- Travel -- United States
SUBJECT Ramabai Sarasvati, 1858-1922 fast
Subject Women social reformers -- India -- Maharashtra
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Travel
Women social reformers
Voorindiƫrs.
Reisbeschrijvingen.
SUBJECT United States -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139993
Subject India -- Maharashtra
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Kosambi, Meera
LC no. 2002006851
ISBN 0253109655
9780253109651
1282071955
9781282071957
9786612071959
6612071958