Travels of Dean Mahomet An Eighteenth-Century Journey Through India

Name: Travels of Dean Mahomet An Eighteenth-Century Journey Through India
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ISBN: 9780520207172

ISBN-10: 0520207173

ISBN-13: 9780520207172

Edition: 1998

Authors: Dean Mahomet, Michael Fisher, Michael H. Fisher

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This unusual study combines two books in one: the 1794 autobiographical travel narrative of an Indian, Dean Mahomet, recalling his years as camp-follower, servant, and subaltern officer in the East India Company's army (1769 to 1784); and Michael H. Fisher's portrayal of Mahomet's sojourn as an insider/outsider in India, Ireland, and England. Emigrating to Britain and living there for over half a century, Mahomet started what was probably the first Indian restaurant in England and then enjoyed a distinguished career as a practitioner of "oriental" medicine, i.e., therapeutic massage and herbal steam bath, in London and the seaside resort of Brighton. This is a fascinating account of life in…

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List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 7/30/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 214
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English