Purnima Dhavan

When Sparrows Became Hawks (eBook, PDF)

The Making of the Sikh Warrior Tradition, 1699-1799

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Purnima Dhavan examines the creation of the Khalsa Sikh warrior tradition during the eighteenth century. By focusing on the experiences of long-overlooked peasant communities, she reveals how a dynamic process of debates, collaboration, and conflict transformed Sikh practices and shaped a new martial culture.

---

Dieser Download kann aus rechtlichen Gründen nur mit Rechnungsadresse in A, B, BG, CY, CZ, D, DK, EW, E, FIN, F, GR, HR, H, IRL, I, LT, L, LR, M, NL, PL, P, R, S, SLO, SK ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. November 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780199877171
• Artikelnr.: 38138812

Autorenporträt

Assistant Professor of History, University of Washington

Inhaltsangabe

* 1. Introduction: The Origins of the Khalsa
* 2. Early Narratives of the Last Guru and the Creation of the Khalsa
* 3. (Re)making the Khalsa, 1708-48
* 4. The Making of a Sikh Sardar: Two Jassa Singhs and the Place of
Sikhs in the Eighteenth-Century Military Labor Market
* 5. Rereading Alha Singh: Rebel, Raja, and Sikh Sardar
* 6. From Peasant Soldier to Elite Warrior: Raiding, Honor Feuds, and
the Transformation of Khalsa Identity
* 7. Devotion and Its Discontents: The Affective Communities of
Gurbilas Texts
* 8. Conclusion
* Glossary
* Bibliography
* Index