Christina Welsch (Ohio College of Wooster)

The Company's Sword

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Produktbeschreibung

The Company's Sword reveals how the British East India Company acquired a private army and how Indian and European soldiers shaped the Company's expansion. Tracing the institutional development of the Company's armies alongside the rebellions that challenged its growth, Christina Welsch uncovers the militarism at the heart of colonial India.

Produktdetails

• Critical Perspectives on Empire
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. August 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 586g
• ISBN-13: 9781108833882
• ISBN-10: 1108833888
• Artikelnr.: 63459877

Autorenporträt

Christina Welsch is Assistant Professor of the History of Britain and its Empire at Wooster College.

Inhaltsangabe

List of maps
List of figures
maps
Acknowledgements
A note on spelling and place names
Introduction
1. Forging the sword
2. The sepoy's oath
3. Mercenaries, diplomats, and deserters
4. The other revolution of 1776
5. The empire preserved
6. Stratocracy
7. Breaking the officers' sword
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.