Buy this book on-line SOMERVILLE, AUGUSTUS: : CRIME AND RELIGIOUS BELIEFS IN INDIAINDIA.CALCUTTA,THE CRIMINOLOGIST,1929. ISBN No ISBN.
INDIA,8vo HB,no dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp. [Originally published May,1929 this 2nd imp July,1929.] VG.No owner inscrptn,but minus(?) dw/dj.Brown cloth boards with black lettering; with some shelf-wear to edges,corners minimally bumped with some inevitable rubbing/fraying of cloth.Some slight abrasions with minimal loss to upper bd's spine/backstrip gutter edge,towards foot of same.Top+fore-edges aged/toned - as usal/normal - edges untrimmed,contents generally clean.INDIA,8vo HB,no dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp,ii-ivpp+2-192pp [paginated] includes author's introduction,15 chapters, 5 b/w photographic plates,3 b/w illus plates,3 full-page b/w line illus by
Merton Lacey,some other non-credited, thumbnail b/w line illustrations interspersed throughout the text and the book.Plus [unpaginated] an impressed
'A.H.WHEELER & CO (Bombay) BOOKSTALL
PROPRIETORS' stamp to ffe,b/w illustrated frntis (Kali,Goddess of Destruction)title-page,dedication and contents list/table.
I. Prostitution: a) A historical review. b) Religious beliefs and customs.c) The modern white-slave traffic - and a tale.II. Devadasis: a) Bill No.5 of 1930.b) Outrages on women.III. The "Dope" Traffic: a) Growth of the cocaine habit.b) Cocaine dens and the clever: Devices of traffickers.IV. he lure of China town.V. The origin of opium. VI. The Worship of Rural Deities: a) Moonshiners in Bengal.b) "Pir" or Saint worship.VII. The Worship of Serpents: a) Mysterious rites and practices of snake doctors.VIII. Devil Worship: a) Devil worship in the Himalayas.b) Casting out Devils.IX. Haunts and Schools of Crime: a) Criminal methods described. X. Chore hat or the Thieves' Market: a) Confessions of an arch dacoit and prison breaker.XI. The pilgrimage of Azir Ali.XII. Night haunts of Calcutta.XIII. Religious Aspects of Crime: a) The worship of Durga and Kali.b) Authentic instances of human sacrifice. c) A historical account of "Suttee" or widow burning.d) The practice of self immolation. XIV. The Ganga Sagar Mela and Child Sacrifice: a) Head hunting scares in the tea districts.XV. Tale of the Sakchilli. XVI. Quaint Tribal & Religious Customs: a) Queer tribal dances.b) The marriage dance of the Bairaghis.c) The rain dance of the Rajbansis.d) A short account of the Todas.e) Water babies.f) Among the Gonds.g) The tiger dance of the Gonds.XVII. Human sacrifice and slavery among the Nagas.
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