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Offers a view of the workings of the British Empire in the period when the India of the Raj stood at the center of a globalized system of trade, investment, and migration. This book examines law codes and administrative forms as they were shaped by Indian precedents.

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"A welcome and comprehensive effort to bring what is variously a transnational, imperial, oceanic, and a global history forward." -- Jayeeta Sharma Canadian Journal Of History

Table of Contents
List of Illustrations Preface Introduction: Empire Recentered 1. Governing Colonial Peoples 2. Constructing Identities 3. Projecting Power: The Indian Army Overseas 4. Recruiting Sikhs for Colonial Police and Military 5. "Hard Hands and Sound Healthy Bodies": Recruiting "Coolies" for Natal 6. India in East Africa Conclusion List of Abbreviations Notes Selected Bibliography Index

Imperial Connections India in the Indian Ocean

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 10/20/2008 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780520258051, 978-0520258051
      ISBN10: 0520258053

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Offers a view of the workings of the British Empire in the period when the India of the Raj stood at the center of a globalized system of trade, investment, and migration. This book examines law codes and administrative forms as they were shaped by Indian precedents.

      Trade Review
      "A welcome and comprehensive effort to bring what is variously a transnational, imperial, oceanic, and a global history forward." -- Jayeeta Sharma Canadian Journal Of History

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations Preface Introduction: Empire Recentered 1. Governing Colonial Peoples 2. Constructing Identities 3. Projecting Power: The Indian Army Overseas 4. Recruiting Sikhs for Colonial Police and Military 5. "Hard Hands and Sound Healthy Bodies": Recruiting "Coolies" for Natal 6. India in East Africa Conclusion List of Abbreviations Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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