social reform

This is a listing of every resource tagged with 'social reform'.



More general:  History, Social and political movements

"Sir Syed and the Education Commission"
Education Commission Proceedings

"Abstract of the Arguments Regarding the Burning of Widows Considered as Religious Rite"
Essay by Rammohun Roy

"A Second Conference Between an Advocate for and an Opponent of the Practice of Burning Widows Alive"
Essay by Rammohun Roy

Sati: Regulation XVII, A.D. 1829 of the Bengal code (4 December 1829)
Legal code issued by colonial government concerning the practice of sati

"The Relations of the Sexes"
Excerpt from A History of the Arya Samaj

Introduction to South Asian History and Culture: Course Syllabus
Syllabus, with integrated digital resources, for a Columbia University undergraduate anthropology course designed to introduce students to seminal writings in the emergence of modernity on the Indian subcontinent. The course surveys major figures who grappled with and helped shape social and political struggles during the British colonial period (roughly 1818-1947). It focuses on debates about religious reform, the role of women, nation formation, and caste stratification. Readings include autobiographies, speeches, dialogues, treatises, ethnography, and literary fiction; digital resources include primary texts, maps, timeline, illustrations, video.