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Culture, Conflict and the Military in Colonial South Asia

Beschreibung

This book offers diverse and original perspectives on South Asia's imperial military history. Unlike prevailing studies, the essays in the volume emphasize both the vital role of culture in framing imperial military practice and the multiple cultural effects of colonial military service and engagements.

Autor

Kaushik Roy is Guru Nanak Chair Professor in the Department of History, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, and Global Fellow at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Norway. He has published widely on the British-Indian Army and counter-insurgency in Asia. Gavin Rand is Principal Lecturer in History at the University of Greenwich, London, UK. He has published on the recruiting and ideologies of the colonial Indian Army as well as on imperial military administration and governance. He is currently writing a cultural history of the Indian Army in the colonial period.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge India
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. August 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 511g
• ISBN-13: 9781138206724
• ISBN-10: 1138206725
• Artikelnr.: 53301094