{"product_id":"warfare-and-society-in-british-india-17571947-9781032390130","title":"Warfare and Society in British India 17571947","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores the intricate and intimate relationship between military organization, imperial policy, and society in colonial South Asia. The chapters in the volume focus on technology, logistics, and state building. The present volume highlights the salient features of expansion and consolidation of imperial control over the subcontinent, and ultimate demise of the Raj. Further, it turns the spotlight on to subaltern challenges to imperialism as well as the role of non-combatants in warfare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe volume:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Deals with both conventional and guerrilla conflicts and focuses on the frontiers (both North-West and North-East, including Burma);\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Looks at the army as an institution rather than present a chronological account of military operations, which highlights the complex and tortuous relationship between combat institution, colonial state, and Indian society;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Integrates top-down approaches in military and strategic studies with the bottom-up perspectives an\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Armed Forces, Society and Culture in Colonial South Asia \u003cb\u003e1.\u003c\/b\u003e ‘Birds of Prey and Passage’: The Armies and Societies of British India, 1824-1857 \u003cb\u003e2.\u003c\/b\u003e Discipline and Publish: Military Law and the Negotiation of Order and Identity in the Company Era, 1820–1860 \u003cb\u003e3.\u003c\/b\u003e The Making of a Meta-Uprising: Rebellion and Subversion of Colonial State in North East India, 1857–1861 \u003cb\u003e4.\u003c\/b\u003e Metamorphosis of Military Technology: Ordnance Factories of the East India Company, 1770–1857 \u003cb\u003e5.\u003c\/b\u003e Dacoits, Dragoons, and Diplomats: Amir Khan Pindari and the British Pacification of Malwa and Rajputana, 1803–1818 \u003cb\u003e6.\u003c\/b\u003e ‘Small Wars’ and State-building in the Lushai Hills: 1765–1898 \u003cb\u003e7.\u003c\/b\u003e Thorn in the Heel: Articulating the Centrality of Gun in British encounter with Indigenous Hill People in the India-Burma Frontier \u003cb\u003e8.\u003c\/b\u003e Debating the Doctrine of ‘Minimum Force’: Small Wars in the North-Western Frontier of India and Afghanistan, 1860–1920 \u003cb\u003e9.\u003c\/b\u003e Logistics and British Imperialism: Supplying the British Imperial Army during the Second Afghan War, 1878–1880 \u003cb\u003e10.\u003c\/b\u003e Donning the Khaki: Revisiting Recruitment in Punjab during World War I \u003cb\u003e11.\u003c\/b\u003e War in Vernacular Print: North Indian Soldiers and the First World War \u003cb\u003e12.\u003c\/b\u003e Royal Engineers and Military Logistics from Britain to Burma and India in World War II\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019024925015,"sku":"9781032390130","price":35.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032390130.jpg?v=1750779074","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/warfare-and-society-in-british-india-17571947-9781032390130","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}