Essays about: "Madras"

Found 4 essays containing the word Madras.

  1. 1. Texts and Paratexts in a Colonial Context. Krupabai Satthianadhan's English Novels 'Saguna' and 'Kamala'

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religion

    Author : Karin Edgardh; [2020-01-15]
    Keywords : India; Krupabai Satthianadhan; Saguna; Kamala; Gérard Genette; Autobiography; Conversion; Colonial literature;

    Abstract : The anglophone Indian author Krupabai Satthianadhan (1862-1894) was a second-generation Christian convert and a member of the Christian Tamil family in colonial Madras. Knowledge of English was still a high-caste male privilege when Satthianadhan published reformist articles on female education. Her two novels, the autobiographical Saguna. READ MORE

  3. 2. The company that governed - a study of the British East India Company in seventeenth century India

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Fardis Mohammadi; [2017]
    Keywords : East India Company; India; Madras; Bommbay; colonialism; imperialism; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The British East India Company was an enterprise that was engaging in trade in India for over two hundred years. During this time period, the British took political power and started to govern in India. READ MORE

  4. 3. Metodik för bestämning av åkerdikens status : fallstudie av ett dike i Munktorps socken

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Soil and Environment

    Author : Hanna Johansson; [2013]
    Keywords : åkerdike; öppna diken; dikesunderhåll; dikesstabilitet; Madrasmetoden; sedimenttransport; övergödning; fosfor;

    Abstract : Agricultural drainage ditches are links between fields, lakes and oceans, having the potential to transport e.g. sediment and nutrients. When in a good condition, drainage ditches can act as sinks for e. READ MORE

  5. 4. Utvärdering av öppna dikens status och funktion : en förstudie i Västmanlands län

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Soil and Environment

    Author : Pontus Bornold; [2013]
    Keywords : markavvattning; markavvattningsföretag; dikesutvärdering; vattendragsmorfologi; dikesunderhåll; klimatanpassning;

    Abstract : Evaluations of open Ditch status and function, with an assessment of suitability of a conversion to a two stage ditch as a low maintenance alternative. To illustrate Swedish drainage problems this work focused on two agricultural drainage associations assessed in detail with a new method called MADRAS (Minnesota Agricultural Ditch Reach Assessment for Stability). READ MORE