Author: BOMBAY, Presidency of. Army
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
A Compilation of all the Government and General-Government-General-Brigade and Garrison Orders-Minutes of Council-Commands of the Hon. Company-or Regulations, from whatever authority promulgated, from the year 1750 to the 31st of July 1801, that are now in force and operating on the discipline or expenditure of the Bombay Army ... To which are added a supplementary head, comprizing orders issued between the 31st July and 30th November 1801 ... and a copious index ... Compiled ... by Captain Edward Moor
Author: BOMBAY, Presidency of. Army
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
A Bibliography of Nineteenth Century Legal Literature: A-G
Author: John Adams
Publisher: Avero Publications
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1098
Book Description
Publisher: Avero Publications
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1098
Book Description
Valley Forge Historical Research Project
Author: Wayne K. Bodle
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
Guardians of Empire
Author: David Killingray
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719057342
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
An exploration of the ways in which armies and armed forces were involved in the making, the maintenance and the loss of overseas empires. The volume ranges widely in time and space. Besides chapters on the British Empire in Africa, Asia and Oceana, there are also essays on Algeria, the Dutch East Indies, the Germans in Africa and the American Empire in the Pacific. While not neglecting the traditional concerns of the military historian, the book also explores some of the themes of the "new" military history, including gender and sexuality, race and discipline, and the policing of the labour trade.
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719057342
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
An exploration of the ways in which armies and armed forces were involved in the making, the maintenance and the loss of overseas empires. The volume ranges widely in time and space. Besides chapters on the British Empire in Africa, Asia and Oceana, there are also essays on Algeria, the Dutch East Indies, the Germans in Africa and the American Empire in the Pacific. While not neglecting the traditional concerns of the military historian, the book also explores some of the themes of the "new" military history, including gender and sexuality, race and discipline, and the policing of the labour trade.
Wellington's Men in Australia
Author: C. Wright
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230306039
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
An exploration of the little-known yet historically important emigration of British army officers to the Australian colonies in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars. The book looks at the significant impact they made at a time of great colonial expansion, particularly in new south Wales with its transition from a convict colony to a free society.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230306039
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
An exploration of the little-known yet historically important emigration of British army officers to the Australian colonies in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars. The book looks at the significant impact they made at a time of great colonial expansion, particularly in new south Wales with its transition from a convict colony to a free society.
The Scottish Soldiers of Fortune. Their Adventures and Achievements in the Armies of Europe
Author: James Grant
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
The French Revolution: From its origins to 1793
Author: Georges Lefebvre
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231023429
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 14
Book Description
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231023429
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 14
Book Description
The Scottish Soldiers of Fortune
Author: James Grant
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780857068163
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Claymore for hire-the story of the Scottish mercenary There have always been mercenaries and some nations have a better temperament for the trade than others. Mercenaries, both historically and present day, have tended to be hardy men from mountainous, uncompromising countries and climates. In an age of families which expected to have numerous sons to ensure a continuation of the line, 'young gentlemen' of the Quentin Durward variety often took to the sword to make their way in the world. The Scots have always been attracted to the mercenary life-especially at times when there was no war to fight at home-and their mercenary numbers were made up of all ranks from senior officers to common soldiers, who would sometimes go into foreign service as an entire regiment. The high point of Scottish mercenary activity was during the European wars of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries when upwards of an incredible 40,000 Scots were employed under arms at any one time. This excellent book discusses the role of the Scots in the service of Russia, Prussia, Austria, Sweden, Italy, Turkey, Spain, Portugal and France and it makes fascinating reading especially for those interested in pre-Napoleonic warfare. Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail bands.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780857068163
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Claymore for hire-the story of the Scottish mercenary There have always been mercenaries and some nations have a better temperament for the trade than others. Mercenaries, both historically and present day, have tended to be hardy men from mountainous, uncompromising countries and climates. In an age of families which expected to have numerous sons to ensure a continuation of the line, 'young gentlemen' of the Quentin Durward variety often took to the sword to make their way in the world. The Scots have always been attracted to the mercenary life-especially at times when there was no war to fight at home-and their mercenary numbers were made up of all ranks from senior officers to common soldiers, who would sometimes go into foreign service as an entire regiment. The high point of Scottish mercenary activity was during the European wars of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries when upwards of an incredible 40,000 Scots were employed under arms at any one time. This excellent book discusses the role of the Scots in the service of Russia, Prussia, Austria, Sweden, Italy, Turkey, Spain, Portugal and France and it makes fascinating reading especially for those interested in pre-Napoleonic warfare. Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail bands.
The Jewish Encyclopedia
Author: Cyrus Adler
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 752
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 752
Book Description
The Black Hole of Empire
Author: Partha Chatterjee
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400842603
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
When Siraj, the ruler of Bengal, overran the British settlement of Calcutta in 1756, he allegedly jailed 146 European prisoners overnight in a cramped prison. Of the group, 123 died of suffocation. While this episode was never independently confirmed, the story of "the black hole of Calcutta" was widely circulated and seen by the British public as an atrocity committed by savage colonial subjects. The Black Hole of Empire follows the ever-changing representations of this historical event and founding myth of the British Empire in India, from the eighteenth century to the present. Partha Chatterjee explores how a supposed tragedy paved the ideological foundations for the "civilizing" force of British imperial rule and territorial control in India. Chatterjee takes a close look at the justifications of modern empire by liberal thinkers, international lawyers, and conservative traditionalists, and examines the intellectual and political responses of the colonized, including those of Bengali nationalists. The two sides of empire's entwined history are brought together in the story of the Black Hole memorial: set up in Calcutta in 1760, demolished in 1821, restored by Lord Curzon in 1902, and removed in 1940 to a neglected churchyard. Challenging conventional truisms of imperial history, nationalist scholarship, and liberal visions of globalization, Chatterjee argues that empire is a necessary and continuing part of the history of the modern state. Some images inside the book are unavailable due to digital copyright restrictions.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400842603
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
When Siraj, the ruler of Bengal, overran the British settlement of Calcutta in 1756, he allegedly jailed 146 European prisoners overnight in a cramped prison. Of the group, 123 died of suffocation. While this episode was never independently confirmed, the story of "the black hole of Calcutta" was widely circulated and seen by the British public as an atrocity committed by savage colonial subjects. The Black Hole of Empire follows the ever-changing representations of this historical event and founding myth of the British Empire in India, from the eighteenth century to the present. Partha Chatterjee explores how a supposed tragedy paved the ideological foundations for the "civilizing" force of British imperial rule and territorial control in India. Chatterjee takes a close look at the justifications of modern empire by liberal thinkers, international lawyers, and conservative traditionalists, and examines the intellectual and political responses of the colonized, including those of Bengali nationalists. The two sides of empire's entwined history are brought together in the story of the Black Hole memorial: set up in Calcutta in 1760, demolished in 1821, restored by Lord Curzon in 1902, and removed in 1940 to a neglected churchyard. Challenging conventional truisms of imperial history, nationalist scholarship, and liberal visions of globalization, Chatterjee argues that empire is a necessary and continuing part of the history of the modern state. Some images inside the book are unavailable due to digital copyright restrictions.