The fishing fleet
husband-hunting in the Raj
by Anne De Courcy and Anne de Courcy
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When the British went to India to trade and work, the men who left the country knew they would probably not return and married Indian wives or took Indian mistresses. As the East India Company was replaced by government, men were curtailed from doing this by various means. The Company then began to pay passage to India of a number of willing women who were maintained for a year and expected to marry within that time. For young women, unable to make a 'good match' at home, it was a chance to find a husband with prospects, women flocked to India, willing to try to make a go of it. De Courcy brings this forgotten era vividly to life.
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Social life and customs, Colonies, History, British, Women, Kolonie, Auswanderin, Ehe, British colonies, Manners and customs, Geschlechterverhältnis, Britin, Kolonialmacht, Frau, Freizeitgestaltung, Sozialgeschichte, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain, HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia, HISTORY / Social History, Courtship, British, india, India, social life and customs, Women, india, Women, history, modern period, 1600-, Women, social conditions, India, history, british occupation, 1765-1947, Britanniques, Histoire, Mœurs et coutumes, Femmes, HISTORY, Great Britain, India & South Asia, Social HistoryPlaces
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Fishing Fleet: Husband-Hunting in the Raj
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The Fishing Fleet: Husband-Hunting in the Raj
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Originally published: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2012.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"The fascinating and entertaining true stories of the young Victorian women on the hunt for husbands among the colonial businessmen and bureaucrats in the Raj"--
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