Author: Gregory Fremont-Barnes
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472810317
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
In the mid-19th century India was the focus of Britain's international prestige and commercial power - the most important colony in an empire which extended to every continent on the globe and protected by the seemingly dependable native armies of the East India Company. When, however, in 1857 discontent exploded into open rebellion, Britain was obliged to field its largest army in forty years to defend its 'jewel in the crown'. This book, drawing on the latest sources as well as numerous first-hand accounts, explains why the sepoy armies rose up against the world's leading imperial power, details the major phases of the fighting, including the massacres at Cawnpore and the epic sieges of Delhi and Lucknow, and examines many other aspects of this compelling, at times horrifying, subject.
The Indian Mutiny 1857–58
Author: Gregory Fremont-Barnes
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472810317
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
In the mid-19th century India was the focus of Britain's international prestige and commercial power - the most important colony in an empire which extended to every continent on the globe and protected by the seemingly dependable native armies of the East India Company. When, however, in 1857 discontent exploded into open rebellion, Britain was obliged to field its largest army in forty years to defend its 'jewel in the crown'. This book, drawing on the latest sources as well as numerous first-hand accounts, explains why the sepoy armies rose up against the world's leading imperial power, details the major phases of the fighting, including the massacres at Cawnpore and the epic sieges of Delhi and Lucknow, and examines many other aspects of this compelling, at times horrifying, subject.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472810317
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
In the mid-19th century India was the focus of Britain's international prestige and commercial power - the most important colony in an empire which extended to every continent on the globe and protected by the seemingly dependable native armies of the East India Company. When, however, in 1857 discontent exploded into open rebellion, Britain was obliged to field its largest army in forty years to defend its 'jewel in the crown'. This book, drawing on the latest sources as well as numerous first-hand accounts, explains why the sepoy armies rose up against the world's leading imperial power, details the major phases of the fighting, including the massacres at Cawnpore and the epic sieges of Delhi and Lucknow, and examines many other aspects of this compelling, at times horrifying, subject.
Kaye's and Malleson's History of the Indian Mutiny of 1857-8
Author: Sir John William Kaye
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
A History of the Sepoy War in India, 1857-1858
Author: Sir John William Kaye
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 718
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 718
Book Description
The Great Rebellion of 1857 in India
Author: Biswamoy Pati
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135225133
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 443
Book Description
The Great Rebellion of 1857 in India was much more than a ‘sepoy mutiny’. It was a major event in South Asian and British colonial history that significantly challenged imperialism in India. This fascinating collection explores hitherto ignored diversities of the Great Rebellion such as gender and colonial fiction, courtesans, white ‘marginals’, penal laws and colonial anxieties about the Mughals, even in exile. Also studied are popular struggles involving tribals and outcastes, and the way outcastes in the south of India locate the Rebellion. Interdisciplinary in focus and based on a range of untapped source materials and rare, printed tracts, this book questions conventional wisdom. The comprehensive introduction traces the different historiographical approaches to the Great Rebellion, including the imperialist, nationalist, marxist and subaltern scholarship. While questioning typical assumptions associated with the Great Rebellion, it argues that the Rebellion neither began nor ended in 1857-58. Clearly informed by the ‘Subaltern Studies’ scholarship, this book is post-subalternist as it moves far beyond narrow subalternist concerns. It will be of interest to students of Colonial and South Asian History, Social History, Cultural and Political Studies.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135225133
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 443
Book Description
The Great Rebellion of 1857 in India was much more than a ‘sepoy mutiny’. It was a major event in South Asian and British colonial history that significantly challenged imperialism in India. This fascinating collection explores hitherto ignored diversities of the Great Rebellion such as gender and colonial fiction, courtesans, white ‘marginals’, penal laws and colonial anxieties about the Mughals, even in exile. Also studied are popular struggles involving tribals and outcastes, and the way outcastes in the south of India locate the Rebellion. Interdisciplinary in focus and based on a range of untapped source materials and rare, printed tracts, this book questions conventional wisdom. The comprehensive introduction traces the different historiographical approaches to the Great Rebellion, including the imperialist, nationalist, marxist and subaltern scholarship. While questioning typical assumptions associated with the Great Rebellion, it argues that the Rebellion neither began nor ended in 1857-58. Clearly informed by the ‘Subaltern Studies’ scholarship, this book is post-subalternist as it moves far beyond narrow subalternist concerns. It will be of interest to students of Colonial and South Asian History, Social History, Cultural and Political Studies.
The Cambridge Companion to Sensation Fiction
Author: Andrew Mangham
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521760747
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Accessible and comprehensive account of the sensation novel of the nineteenth century.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521760747
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Accessible and comprehensive account of the sensation novel of the nineteenth century.
Queen Victoria's Wars
Author: Stephen M. Miller
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108490123
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Offers a revised and updated history of thirteen of the most significant British conflicts during the Victorian period.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108490123
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Offers a revised and updated history of thirteen of the most significant British conflicts during the Victorian period.
The Great Uprising in India, 1857-58
Author: Rosie Llewellyn-Jones
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1843833042
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
A volume in the Worlds of the East India Company series, edited by Huw Bowen The events of 1857-58 in India are seen here through a series of untold stories which show that they were much more complex than hitherto thought. Drawing on sources in Britain and India, including contemporary East India Company records, together with oral memories from India illustrated with a number of nineteenth century photographs, the author tells of the murder of the British Resident in the princely state of Kotah; of Indians who opposed the Mutiny, and suffered at the hands of the "mutineers"; of a small, but significant, number of Europeans who fought with the Indians against the British; and of the infamous "prize agents" of the East India Company - licensed looters whose rapacity seemed limitless. The book conveys vividly what it was like for different kinds of participants to live through these traumatic events, bringing to life their anxiety and desperation, the grisly bloodshed, and the vast devastation - illustrating overall, as one Indian soldier who served in the East India Company's army put it, "the wind of madness". Dr ROSIE LLEWELLYN-JONES is author and editor of numerous books on India, including The Nawabs, the British and the City of Lucknow (1985) and Portraits of the Indian Princes (forthcoming).
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1843833042
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
A volume in the Worlds of the East India Company series, edited by Huw Bowen The events of 1857-58 in India are seen here through a series of untold stories which show that they were much more complex than hitherto thought. Drawing on sources in Britain and India, including contemporary East India Company records, together with oral memories from India illustrated with a number of nineteenth century photographs, the author tells of the murder of the British Resident in the princely state of Kotah; of Indians who opposed the Mutiny, and suffered at the hands of the "mutineers"; of a small, but significant, number of Europeans who fought with the Indians against the British; and of the infamous "prize agents" of the East India Company - licensed looters whose rapacity seemed limitless. The book conveys vividly what it was like for different kinds of participants to live through these traumatic events, bringing to life their anxiety and desperation, the grisly bloodshed, and the vast devastation - illustrating overall, as one Indian soldier who served in the East India Company's army put it, "the wind of madness". Dr ROSIE LLEWELLYN-JONES is author and editor of numerous books on India, including The Nawabs, the British and the City of Lucknow (1985) and Portraits of the Indian Princes (forthcoming).
The Indian Mutiny of 1857
Author: George Bruce Malleson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology
Author: Richard Pearce-Moses
Publisher: Society of American Archivists (SAA)
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Intended to provide the basic foundation for modern archival practice and theory.
Publisher: Society of American Archivists (SAA)
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Intended to provide the basic foundation for modern archival practice and theory.
Awadh in Revolt, 1857-1858
Author: Rudrangshu Mukherjee
Publisher: Anthem Press
ISBN: 1843310759
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The revolt of 1857 continues to arouse interest and debate. This book, first published in 1984 and now in paperback for the first time, remains one of the best studies of popular resistance and peasant rebellion. This revised edition features a new introduction, which provides an update on the historiography of peasant revolt. The author also charts some of these changes and their relevance to a deeper understanding of the uprising of 1857.
Publisher: Anthem Press
ISBN: 1843310759
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The revolt of 1857 continues to arouse interest and debate. This book, first published in 1984 and now in paperback for the first time, remains one of the best studies of popular resistance and peasant rebellion. This revised edition features a new introduction, which provides an update on the historiography of peasant revolt. The author also charts some of these changes and their relevance to a deeper understanding of the uprising of 1857.