Danna Agmon
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 325119 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Danna Agmon |
| NOMBRES | Danna |
| APELLIDO | Agmon |
| FIRMA | AGMON D |
| AFILIACIONES | Virginia Tech |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 9 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 11 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 9 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2014 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2021 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
A Colonial Affair
A Colonial Affair traces the 1716 conviction of Nayiniyappa, a Tamil commercial agent employed by the French East India Company, for tyranny and sedition, and his subsequent public torture, the loss of his wealth, the exile of his family, and his ultimate exoneration. Danna Agmon’s gripping microhistory is a vivid guide to the "Nayiniyappa Affair" in the French colony of Pondicherry, India. The surprising and shifting fates of Nayiniyappa and his…
Historical Gaps and Non-existent Sources
This article develops a typology of historical and archival gaps-physical, historiographical, and epistemological-to consider how non-existent sources are central to understanding colonial law and governance. It does so by examining the institutional and archival history of a court known as the Chaudrie in the French colony of Pondichéry in India in the eighteenth century, and integrating problems that are specific to the study of legal history-q…
Law in Theory, Law in Practice
Letters written by early modern missionaries played an important role in the development of global intellectual networks and inquiry into religion, language, cartography, and science. But the historical ethnography of law has not recognized the role that Jesuits played in creating the field of comparative law. This article examines the writings on law in India by the French Jesuit Jean-Venant Bouchet, who was an important source for Enlightenment…
Failure on Display
Epilogue
After Nayiniyappa's son Guruvappa died in 1724, French officials in Pondichéry considered doing away entirely with the post of chief commercial broker.The French governor at the time, Joseph Beauvollier de Courchant, worried about appointing another powerful local to the job: "Chevalier Guruvappa having died, and Tiruvangadan [Nayiniyappa's brother-in-law] being the kind of man to take on too much authority if we were to make him courtier, we ann…
A Colonial Affair
Early in the eighteenth century, in the French colony of Pondichéry, India, a man’s life was thrust into turmoil. A Tamil commercial broker named Nayiniyappa, the colony’s most powerful local man, was arrested, swiftly convicted of tyranny and sedition, and died in prison while serving out his sentence. But following his death a global mobilization effort on his behalf ensued, and the French King exonerated Nayiniyappa posthumously. The struggle …
A Colonial Affair
and the Association of Research Libraries.TOME aims to expand the reach of long-form humanities and social science scholarship, including digital scholarship.
Les missions jésuites dans l’Océan Indien
Striking Pondichéry
The French colony of Pondichéry, India, was roiled by religious struggles in the eighteenth century. In 1701-15 colonial French officials repeatedly attempted to restrict the practice of local religion in the town. Local laborers, artisans, and merchants responded with four different work stoppages and threats of abandoning the colony. Again and again local residents emerged from these conflicts with the upper hand, as the strikes resulted in nea…
Failure on Display
A Colonial Affair
A Colonial Affair traces the 1716 conviction of Nayiniyappa, a Tamil commercial agent employed by the French East India Company, for tyranny and sedition, and his subsequent public torture, the loss of his wealth, the exile of his family, and his ultimate exoneration. Danna Agmon’s gripping microhistory is a vivid guide to the "Nayiniyappa Affair" in the French colony of Pondicherry, India. The surprising and shifting fates of Nayiniyappa and his…
Historical Gaps and Non-existent Sources
This article develops a typology of historical and archival gaps-physical, historiographical, and epistemological-to consider how non-existent sources are central to understanding colonial law and governance. It does so by examining the institutional and archival history of a court known as the Chaudrie in the French colony of Pondichéry in India in the eighteenth century, and integrating problems that are specific to the study of legal history-q…
Striking Pondichéry
The French colony of Pondichéry, India, was roiled by religious struggles in the eighteenth century. In 1701-15 colonial French officials repeatedly attempted to restrict the practice of local religion in the town. Local laborers, artisans, and merchants responded with four different work stoppages and threats of abandoning the colony. Again and again local residents emerged from these conflicts with the upper hand, as the strikes resulted in nea…
Striking Pondichéry
The French colony of Pondichéry, India, was roiled by religious struggles in the eighteenth century. In 1701-15 colonial French officials repeatedly attempted to restrict the practice of local religion in the town. Local laborers, artisans, and merchants responded with four different work stoppages and threats of abandoning the colony. Again and again local residents emerged from these conflicts with the upper hand, as the strikes resulted in nea…
A Colonial Affair
Early in the eighteenth century, in the French colony of Pondichéry, India, a man’s life was thrust into turmoil. A Tamil commercial broker named Nayiniyappa, the colony’s most powerful local man, was arrested, swiftly convicted of tyranny and sedition, and died in prison while serving out his sentence. But following his death a global mobilization effort on his behalf ensued, and the French King exonerated Nayiniyappa posthumously. The struggle …
A Colonial Affair
and the Association of Research Libraries.TOME aims to expand the reach of long-form humanities and social science scholarship, including digital scholarship.
Les missions jésuites dans l’Océan Indien
Epilogue
After Nayiniyappa's son Guruvappa died in 1724, French officials in Pondichéry considered doing away entirely with the post of chief commercial broker.The French governor at the time, Joseph Beauvollier de Courchant, worried about appointing another powerful local to the job: "Chevalier Guruvappa having died, and Tiruvangadan [Nayiniyappa's brother-in-law] being the kind of man to take on too much authority if we were to make him courtier, we ann…
Law in Theory, Law in Practice
Letters written by early modern missionaries played an important role in the development of global intellectual networks and inquiry into religion, language, cartography, and science. But the historical ethnography of law has not recognized the role that Jesuits played in creating the field of comparative law. This article examines the writings on law in India by the French Jesuit Jean-Venant Bouchet, who was an important source for Enlightenment…
Failure on Display
A Colonial Affair
A Colonial Affair traces the 1716 conviction of Nayiniyappa, a Tamil commercial agent employed by the French East India Company, for tyranny and sedition, and his subsequent public torture, the loss of his wealth, the exile of his family, and his ultimate exoneration. Danna Agmon’s gripping microhistory is a vivid guide to the "Nayiniyappa Affair" in the French colony of Pondicherry, India. The surprising and shifting fates of Nayiniyappa and his…
Historical Gaps and Non-existent Sources
This article develops a typology of historical and archival gaps-physical, historiographical, and epistemological-to consider how non-existent sources are central to understanding colonial law and governance. It does so by examining the institutional and archival history of a court known as the Chaudrie in the French colony of Pondichéry in India in the eighteenth century, and integrating problems that are specific to the study of legal history-q…
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