Author: P. D. Bonarjee
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
A Handbook of the Fighting Races of India
Author: P. D. Bonarjee
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Indianization, the Officer Corps, and the Indian Army
Author: Chandar S. Sundaram
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1498579523
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
**Short-listed for the Society for Army Historical Research UK's Templer Medal Best First Book Prize, 2020** In the Indian Army of the British Raj, the officer corps was “reserved for the governing race”— in other words, the British. Only in 1917, a mere thirty years before India won its freedom, did the Raj permit Indians into the Army’s officer corps, thus slowly beginning its Indianization. Yet it is often forgotten that this decision was the culmination of a hundred-year-long debate. Based on meticulous archival research in Britain and India, Indianization, the Officer Corps, and the Indian Army breaks new ground by offering readers the first detailed account of this generally forgotten debate. It traces the myriad schemes and counter-schemes the debate generated, the complex twists and turns it took, and how it engaged both British policymakers anxious to maintain control as well as nationalist Indian leaders agitating for greater self-government. This work also offers insights into the martial races concept, the 1857 uprising, and the impact of Anglo-Indian ideology upon the Indian Army. Clearly written and carefully argued, it is an original and defining contribution to military/war and society history, the history of colonial India and its army, the history of British empire, the history of racism, and civil-military relations.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1498579523
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
**Short-listed for the Society for Army Historical Research UK's Templer Medal Best First Book Prize, 2020** In the Indian Army of the British Raj, the officer corps was “reserved for the governing race”— in other words, the British. Only in 1917, a mere thirty years before India won its freedom, did the Raj permit Indians into the Army’s officer corps, thus slowly beginning its Indianization. Yet it is often forgotten that this decision was the culmination of a hundred-year-long debate. Based on meticulous archival research in Britain and India, Indianization, the Officer Corps, and the Indian Army breaks new ground by offering readers the first detailed account of this generally forgotten debate. It traces the myriad schemes and counter-schemes the debate generated, the complex twists and turns it took, and how it engaged both British policymakers anxious to maintain control as well as nationalist Indian leaders agitating for greater self-government. This work also offers insights into the martial races concept, the 1857 uprising, and the impact of Anglo-Indian ideology upon the Indian Army. Clearly written and carefully argued, it is an original and defining contribution to military/war and society history, the history of colonial India and its army, the history of British empire, the history of racism, and civil-military relations.
Racializing the Soldier
Author: Gavin Schaffer
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134905335
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Racializing the Soldier explores the impact of racial beliefs on the formation and development of modern armed forces and the ways in which these forces have been presented and historicized from a global perspective. With a wide geographical and temporal spread, the collection looks at the disparate ways that race has influenced military development. In particular, it explores the extent to which ideas of racial hierarchy and type have conditioned thinking about what kinds of soldiers should be used and in what roles. This volume offers a highly original military, social and cultural history, questioning the borders both of racialization and of the military itself. It considers the extent to which discourses of gender, nationality and religion have informed racialization, and probes the influence of expert studies of soldiers as indicators of national population types. By focusing mostly, but not exclusively, on colonial and post-colonial states, the book considers how racialized militaries both shaped and reflected conflict in the modern world, ultimately explaining how the history of this idea has often underpinned modern military planning and thinking. This book is based on a special issue of Patterns of Prejudice.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134905335
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Racializing the Soldier explores the impact of racial beliefs on the formation and development of modern armed forces and the ways in which these forces have been presented and historicized from a global perspective. With a wide geographical and temporal spread, the collection looks at the disparate ways that race has influenced military development. In particular, it explores the extent to which ideas of racial hierarchy and type have conditioned thinking about what kinds of soldiers should be used and in what roles. This volume offers a highly original military, social and cultural history, questioning the borders both of racialization and of the military itself. It considers the extent to which discourses of gender, nationality and religion have informed racialization, and probes the influence of expert studies of soldiers as indicators of national population types. By focusing mostly, but not exclusively, on colonial and post-colonial states, the book considers how racialized militaries both shaped and reflected conflict in the modern world, ultimately explaining how the history of this idea has often underpinned modern military planning and thinking. This book is based on a special issue of Patterns of Prejudice.
The Statesman's Year Book
Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1420
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1420
Book Description
The Statesman's Year-Book
Author: J. Scott-Keltie
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230270492
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1530
Book Description
The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230270492
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1530
Book Description
The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
The Statesman's Year-book
Author: Frederick Martin
Publisher:
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Category : Economic geography
Languages : en
Pages : 1592
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Economic geography
Languages : en
Pages : 1592
Book Description
A Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma, and Ceylon
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Category : Burma
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description
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Category : Burma
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description
The Army in British India
Author: Kaushik Roy
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1441177302
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
New interpretations of the Indian army of the Raj.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1441177302
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
New interpretations of the Indian army of the Raj.
Ethnography (Castes and Tribes)
Author: Athelstane Baines
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3112383885
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3112383885
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
Colonizing the Body
Author: David Arnold
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520082953
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
In this innovative analysis of medicine and disease in colonial India, David Arnold explores the vital role of the state in medical and public health activities, arguing that Western medicine became a critical battleground between the colonized and the colonizers. Focusing on three major epidemic diseases—smallpox, cholera, and plague—Arnold analyzes the impact of medical interventionism. He demonstrates that Western medicine as practiced in India was not simply transferred from West to East, but was also fashioned in response to local needs and Indian conditions. By emphasizing this colonial dimension of medicine, Arnold highlights the centrality of the body to political authority in British India and shows how medicine both influenced and articulated the intrinsic contradictions of colonial rule.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520082953
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
In this innovative analysis of medicine and disease in colonial India, David Arnold explores the vital role of the state in medical and public health activities, arguing that Western medicine became a critical battleground between the colonized and the colonizers. Focusing on three major epidemic diseases—smallpox, cholera, and plague—Arnold analyzes the impact of medical interventionism. He demonstrates that Western medicine as practiced in India was not simply transferred from West to East, but was also fashioned in response to local needs and Indian conditions. By emphasizing this colonial dimension of medicine, Arnold highlights the centrality of the body to political authority in British India and shows how medicine both influenced and articulated the intrinsic contradictions of colonial rule.