Merchants of Virtue : Hindus, Muslims, and Untouchables in Eighteenth-Century South Asia / by Cherian, Divya

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The Place of Many Moods Udaipur's Painted Lands and India's Eighteenth Century / by Khera, Dipti

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Bubonic plague in early modern Russia : public health and urban disaster / by Alexander, John T.

Table of Contents: “…Contents; Preface to Paperback Edition; Preface; Acknowledgments; Note on Dates and Transliteration; Introduction: Bubonic Plague, Fleas, and Rats; PART ONE: Historical Background, Medical Context, and Urban Setting; ILLUSTRATIONS; PART TWO: The Course of the Epidemic; PART THREE: The Epidemic's Impact and Consequences; Conclusions and Comparisons; Appendix 1. …”
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Russia's first modern Jews : the Jews of Shklov / by Fishman, David E., 1957-

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; A Note on Transliteration; Introduction: The Jews in the ""Land of Russia""; CHAPTER 1 The Great Divide: Hasidim and Mitnagdim; CHAPTER 2 From Byelorussia to Prussia: The Odyssey of Rabbi Barukh Schick; CHAPTER 3 New Social and Cultural Horizons; CHAPTER 4 Ideological and Literary Ferment; CHAPTER 5 Struggles for Emancipation; CHAPTER 6 Rabbinic Accommodation; CHAPTER 7 Decline and Dissolution; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index…”
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Writing Tamil Catholicism : literature, persuasion and devotion in the eighteenth century /

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgments -- List of Figures -- Abbreviations -- Notes to Translation and Transliteration -- Introduction: Catholic Literary Practices in Eighteenth-Century South India -- 1 Genealogies of Tamil Catholicism -- 2 Microstoria and the Global in the Local -- 3 The Beginnings of Catholic Literature in Tamil -- 4 The Making of an Archive -- 5 Chapter Outline and Threads across the Chapters -- Part 1 Spiritual Institutions -- 1 Spiritual Exercises for Tamil Saints -- 1 Being a Catechist: Preaching and Literature -- 2 Being a Catechist: Caste and Profession -- 3 Bringing the Spiritual Exercises to the Mission -- 4 Spiritual Retreats between Italy and India -- 5 Missionary Strategies and Tamil Locations -- 2 Tamil Manuals for Catholic Selves -- 1 Creating a Catholic Self: The Ñāṉamuyaṟci -- 2 Disciplining the Catholic Self: The Vētiyaroḻukkam -- 3 The Dangers of a Self in Transition -- 4 The Catholic Self and Its Other: The Vētaviḷakkam -- 5 Conclusions: Catholic Selves, Dangers and Discipline -- Part 2 Rhetorical Education -- 3 Catholic Poetics and Politics of Space -- 1 Jesuit Humanism and Devotion -- 2 Kaveri Delta Politics -- 3 A Mirror for a Tamil Christian King -- 4 The Ēlākkuṟicci School of Rhetoric -- 5 Ēlākkuṟicci as a Christian Maṭam -- 4 A Tamil Grammar of Persuasion -- 1 A Textbook of (Christian) Tamil: The Toṉṉūlviḷakkam -- 2 Amplificatio as Poruḷ -- 3 The Grammar of Society -- 4 Ignorant Enemies -- 5 Conclusions: Tamil Poetry and the Grammar of Persuasion -- Part 3 Catholic Poetry in a Tamil World -- 5 Writing for Eighteenth-Century Catechists -- 1 Christian Epic and Tamil Peruṅkāppiyam -- 2 Worldly Publics, Divine Patrons -- 3 Angelic Time and the Relocation of Devotion -- 4 Tamil Demons and Christian Wonder -- 5 Staged Conversions -- 6 Reading as an Eighteenth-Century Catechist -- 1 Paper and Palm-Leaf Trails -- 2 Catechist Dynasties -- 3 Śaiva Neighbors and Rivals -- 4 Towards the Colonial Archive -- 5 Conclusions: Catholic Lay Identities in the Longue durée -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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