Clare Anderson

The Indian Uprising of 1857-8 (eBook, PDF)

Prisons, Prisoners and Rebellion

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This fascinating book, based on extensive archival research in Britain and India, examines why mutineer-rebels chose to attack prisons and release prisoners, discusses the impact of the destruction of the jails on British penal policy in mainland India, considers the relationship between India and its penal settlements in Southeast Asia, re-examines Britain's decision to settle the Andaman Islands as a penal colony in 1858, and re-evaluates the experiences of mutineer-rebel convicts there. As such this book makes an important contribution to histories of the mutiny-rebellion, British colonial South Asia, British expansion in the Indian Ocean and incarceration and transportation. Coinciding with the 150th anniversary of the mutiny-rebellion, this book will be of interest to academics and students researching the history of colonial India, the history of empire and expansion and the history of imprisonment and incarceration.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781843313878
• Artikelnr.: 45259191

Autorenporträt

Clare Anderson

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
A note on the text
Map
Introduction
The Prison in Colonial North India
Dancing by the Lurid Light of Flames
Penal Crisis in the Aftermath of Revolt
The Andamans Penal Colony
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index of Prisons
Index