The Insecurity State: Punjab and the Making of Colonial Power in British India
Autor Mark Condosen Limba Engleză Paperback – 6 mai 2020
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781108407014
ISBN-10: 1108407013
Pagini: 272
Ilustrații: 11 b/w illus.
Dimensiuni: 230 x 150 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.37 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1108407013
Pagini: 272
Ilustrații: 11 b/w illus.
Dimensiuni: 230 x 150 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.37 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom
Cuprins
Introduction: fear, panic, and the violence of empire; 1. Colonial insecurity in early British India, 1757–1857; 2. Re-assessing the 'garrison state': pacification and colonial disquiet in Punjab; 3. Law, the Punjab school, and the 'kooka outbreak' of 1872; 4. Frontier terror and the Murderous Outrages Act of 1867; 5. Imperial recruiting and imperial anxieties, 1870–1920; Conclusion: colonial vulnerability and the insecurity of empire; Epilogue: the insecurity state today.
Recenzii
'Mark Condos's book offers a compelling insight into the driving principles underlying the British colonial state in Punjab and, in doing so, indicates some wider truths about the nature of imperial societies more broadly.' Catherine Coombs, The English Historical Review
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Descriere
A provocative examination of how the British colonial experience in India was shaped by chronic unease, anxiety, and insecurity.