bokomslag War, Culture and Society in Early Modern South Asia, 1740-1849
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War, Culture and Society in Early Modern South Asia, 1740-1849

Kaushik Roy

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  • 256 sidor
  • 2013
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.
  • Författare: Kaushik Roy
  • Illustratör: black and white 10 Illustrations 10 Line drawings, black and white 7 Tables black and white
  • Format: Pocket/Paperback
  • ISBN: 9780415728362
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 256
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2013-10-29
  • Förlag: Routledge