Become a Readings Member to make your shopping experience even easier. Sign in or sign up for free!

Become a Readings Member. Sign in or sign up for free!

Hello Readings Member! Go to the member centre to view your orders, change your details, or view your lists, or sign out.

Hello Readings Member! Go to the member centre or sign out.

Warfare and Society in British India, 1757-1947
Hardback

Warfare and Society in British India, 1757-1947

$272.99
Sign in or become a Readings Member to add this title to your wishlist.

This book explores the intricate and intimate relationship between military organization, imperial policy, and society in colonial South Asia. The essays in the volume focus on technology, logistics and state building, highlight the salient features of expansion and consolidation of imperial control over the subcontinent, and ultimate demise of the Raj. Further, it turns the spotlight on to subaltern challenges to imperialism as well as the role of non-combatants in warfare.

The volume:

* Deals with both conventional and guerrilla conflicts and focuses on the frontiers (both North-West and North-East, including Burma);

* Looks at the army as an institution rather than present a chronological account of military operations, which highlights the complex and tortuous relationship between combat institution, colonial state, and Indian society;

* Integrates top-down approaches in military and strategic studies with the bottom-up perspectives and discusses on how the conduct of war (organization and technology) is related to the economic, societal and cultural impact of war.

A rich account of the British ‘Army in India’, this book will be essential reading for scholars and researchers of South Asian history, military history, political history, colonialism and the British Empire.

Read More
In Shop
Out of stock
Shipping & Delivery

$9.00 standard shipping within Australia
FREE standard shipping within Australia for orders over $100.00
Express & International shipping calculated at checkout

MORE INFO
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Date
30 December 2022
Pages
248
ISBN
9781032365961

This book explores the intricate and intimate relationship between military organization, imperial policy, and society in colonial South Asia. The essays in the volume focus on technology, logistics and state building, highlight the salient features of expansion and consolidation of imperial control over the subcontinent, and ultimate demise of the Raj. Further, it turns the spotlight on to subaltern challenges to imperialism as well as the role of non-combatants in warfare.

The volume:

* Deals with both conventional and guerrilla conflicts and focuses on the frontiers (both North-West and North-East, including Burma);

* Looks at the army as an institution rather than present a chronological account of military operations, which highlights the complex and tortuous relationship between combat institution, colonial state, and Indian society;

* Integrates top-down approaches in military and strategic studies with the bottom-up perspectives and discusses on how the conduct of war (organization and technology) is related to the economic, societal and cultural impact of war.

A rich account of the British ‘Army in India’, this book will be essential reading for scholars and researchers of South Asian history, military history, political history, colonialism and the British Empire.

Read More
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Date
30 December 2022
Pages
248
ISBN
9781032365961