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Ramaseeana: Or a Vocabulary of the Peculiar Language Used by the Thugs - Cambridge Library Collection - Linguistics W. H. Sleeman
Ramaseeana: Or a Vocabulary of the Peculiar Language Used by the Thugs - Cambridge Library Collection - Linguistics
W. H. Sleeman
William Henry Sleeman (1788–1856) was a British administrator in India who was keen to eradicate thuggees, criminal gangs who robbed and murdered travellers. He focused particularly on decoding the gangs' private communications with the help of informers and prisoners, and in 1836 published this fascinating vocabulary of their language.
824 pages, 3 b/w illus.
| Mídia | Livros Paperback Book (Livro de capa flexível e brochura) |
| Lançado | 2 de junho de 2011 |
| ISBN13 | 9781108028752 |
| Editoras | Cambridge University Press |
| Páginas | 824 |
| Dimensões | 140 × 217 × 52 mm · 1,05 kg |
| Idioma | Inglês |