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War, Culture and Society in Early Modern South Asia, 1740-1849: Asian States and Empires

Autor Kaushik Roy
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 mar 2011
This book argues that the role of the British East India Company in transforming warfare in South Asia has been overestimated. Although it agrees with conventional wisdom that, before the British, the nature of Indian society made it difficult for central authorities to establish themselves fully and develop a monopoly over armed force, the book argues that changes to warfare in South Asia were more gradual, and the result of more complicated socio-economic forces than has been hitherto acknowledged.
The book covers the period from 1740, when the British first became a major power broker in south India, to 1849, when the British eliminated the last substantial indigenous kingdom in the sub-continent. Placing South Asian military history in a global, comparative context, it examines military innovations; armies and how they conducted themselves; navies and naval warfare; major Indian military powers - such as the Mysore and Khalsa kingdoms, the Maratha confederacy - and the British, explaining why they succeeded.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780415587679
ISBN-10: 0415587670
Pagini: 256
Ilustrații: 10 b/w images, 7 tables and 10 line drawings
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.63 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria Asian States and Empires

Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Postgraduate

Cuprins

1. Naval Warfare in South Asia: 1500-1850  2. The Changing Pattern of Later Mughal Warfare  3. Army, State and Political Economy of the East India Company  4. Armies, Warfare and Political Economy of Mysore: 1760-1799  5. The Maratha Confederacy: Armies, Economy and Warfare  6. Khalsa Kingdom against the East India Company, 1780-1849 

Recenzii

"A good basic introduction to the history of Britain's conquest of India. Summing Up: Recommended. Undergraduate and general collections."--P. P. Barua, CHOICE (January 2012)

Descriere

This book examines military success of the British in South Asia during the eighteenth and first half of the nineteenth centuries. Placing South Asian military history in global, comparative context, it examines military innovations; armies and how they conducted themselves; navies and naval warfare; major Indian military powers, and the British, explaining why they succeeded.