Ramaseeana: or a vocabulary of the peculiar language used by the thugs
Auteur :
Sleeman, W. H.
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781108028752
Date de publication :
2 juin 2011
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 x 4,6 cm
Poids :
1030 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.