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Empire And Gunpowder - Military Industrialisation And Ascendancy Of The East India Company In India, 1757â€“1856

by Moumita Chowdhury

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 This book focuses on the relation between technology, warfare, and state in South Asia in the 18th and the 19th centuries. It explores how gunpowder and artillery played a pivotal role in the military ascendancy of the East India Company in India.
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Indian Soldiers In The First World War - Re-Visiting A Global Conflict

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 This book explores the lives and social histories of Indians soldiers who fought in the First World War. It focuses on their motivations, experiences, and lives after returning from service to present a more complete picture of Indian participation in the war.
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Warfare And Society In British India, 1757-1947

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 <P>This 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.</P><P>The volume:</P><P>• Deals with both conventional and guerrilla conflicts and focuses on the frontiers (both North-West and North-East, including Burma);</P><P>• 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;</P><P>• Integrates top-down approaches in military and strategic studies with the bottom-up perspectives and discusses on how the conduct of war (organisation and technology) is related to the economic, societal, and cultural impact of war.</P><P>A rich account of the British ‘Army in India’, this book will be essential reading for scholars and researchers of South Asian history, military history, political history, colonialism, and the British Empire.</P>
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Warfare And Society In British India, 1757-1947

52,99€ + 10% CARD

 <P>This 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.</P><P>The volume:</P><P>• Deals with both conventional and guerrilla conflicts and focuses on the frontiers (both North-West and North-East, including Burma);</P><P>• 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;</P><P>• Integrates top-down approaches in military and strategic studies with the bottom-up perspectives and discusses on how the conduct of war (organisation and technology) is related to the economic, societal, and cultural impact of war.</P><P>A rich account of the British ‘Army in India’, this book will be essential reading for scholars and researchers of South Asian history, military history, political history, colonialism, and the British Empire.</P>
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Classical And Discrete Differential Geometry - Theory, Applications And Algorithms

by David Xianfeng Gu e Emil Saucan

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 This book introduces differential geometry and cutting-edge findings from the discipline by incorporating both classical approaches and modern discrete differential geometry across all facets and applications, including graphics and imaging, physics and networks.
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Warfare And Society In British India, 1757â€“1947

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 This book explores the intricate and intimate relationship between military organization, imperial policy, and society in colonial South Asia. The essays in the volume highlight the salient features of expansion and consolidation of imperial control over the subcontinent, and ultimate demise of the Raj.
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Empire And Gunpowder - Military Industrialisation And Ascendancy Of The East India Company In India, 1757-1856

by Moumita Chowdhury

59,61€ + 10% CARD

 <P>This book focuses on the relation between technology, warfare and state in South Asia in the eighteenth and the nineteenth centuries. It explores how gunpowder and artillery played a pivotal role in the military ascendancy of the East India Company in India.</P><P>The monograph argues that the contemporary Indian military landscape was extremely dynamic, with contemporary indigenous polities (Mysore, the Maratha Confederacy and the Khalsa Kingdom) attempting to transform their military systems by modelling their armies on European lines. It shows how the Company established an edge through an efficient bureaucracy and a standardised manufacturing system, while the Indian powers primarily focused on continuous innovation and failed to introduce standardisation of production.</P><P>Drawing on archival records from India and the UK, this volume makes a significant intervention in our understanding of the rise of the British Empire in South Asia. It will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of history, especially military history, military and strategic studies and South Asian studies.</P>
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Empire And Gunpowder - Military Industrialisation And Ascendancy Of The East India Company In India, 1757-1856

by Moumita Chowdhury

59,61€ + 10% CARD

 <P>This book focuses on the relation between technology, warfare and state in South Asia in the eighteenth and the nineteenth centuries. It explores how gunpowder and artillery played a pivotal role in the military ascendancy of the East India Company in India.</P><P>The monograph argues that the contemporary Indian military landscape was extremely dynamic, with contemporary indigenous polities (Mysore, the Maratha Confederacy and the Khalsa Kingdom) attempting to transform their military systems by modelling their armies on European lines. It shows how the Company established an edge through an efficient bureaucracy and a standardised manufacturing system, while the Indian powers primarily focused on continuous innovation and failed to introduce standardisation of production.</P><P>Drawing on archival records from India and the UK, this volume makes a significant intervention in our understanding of the rise of the British Empire in South Asia. It will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of history, especially military history, military and strategic studies and South Asian studies.</P>
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Bureaucratic Culture In Early Colonial India - District Officials, Armed Forces, And Personal Interest Under The East India Company, 1760-1830

by James Lees

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 This book looks at how the fledgling British East India Company state of the 1760s developed into the mature Anglo-Indian empire of the 19th century. It investigates the bureaucratic culture of early Company administrators, primarily at the district level, and the influence of that culture on the colonial government in India.
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Letters To Martin Van Buren - An Edition Of John Van Burenâ€™S Â€˜Travel Journal For A Trip To Europe, 1838-1839â€™

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 Published in its entirety for the first time, John Van Buren's 'Travel journal for a trip to Europe, 1838-1839'Â objective and good-humoured observations present fresh insights into complex personalities and relationships on both sides of the Atlantic, providing an invaluable and highly readable resource for scholars of the period.
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Empire And Gunpowder - Military Industrialisation And Ascendancy Of The East India Company In India, 1757â€“1856

by Moumita Chowdhury

209,54€ + 10% CARD

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 This book focuses on the relation between technology, warfare, and state in South Asia in the 18th and the 19th centuries. It explores how gunpowder and artillery played a pivotal role in the military ascendancy of the East India Company in India.
ENGLISH

Indian Soldiers In The First World War - Re-Visiting A Global Conflict

59,61€ + 10% CARD

 <P>This book explores the lives and social histories of Indians soldiers who fought in the First World War. It focuses on their motivations, experiences, and lives after returning from service in Europe, Mesopotamia, East Africa, and Palestine, to present a more complete picture of Indian participation in the war. </P><P>The book looks at the Indian support to the war for political concessions from the British government and its repercussions through the perspective of the role played by more than one million Indian soldiers and labourers. It examines the social and cultural aspects of the experience of fighting on foreign soil in a deadly battle and their contributions which remain largely unrecognised. From micro-histories of fighting soldiers, aspects of recruitment and deployment, to macro-histories connecting different aspects of the War, the volume explores a variety of themes including: the material incentives, coercion and training which converted peasants into combatants; encounters of travelling Indian soldiers with other societies; and the contributions of returned soldiers in Indian society. </P><P>The book will be useful to researchers and students of history, post-colonial studies, sociology, literature, and cultural studies as well as for those interested in military history, World War I, and colonial history.</P>
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Indian Soldiers In The First World War - Re-Visiting A Global Conflict

59,61€ + 10% CARD

 <P>This book explores the lives and social histories of Indians soldiers who fought in the First World War. It focuses on their motivations, experiences, and lives after returning from service in Europe, Mesopotamia, East Africa, and Palestine, to present a more complete picture of Indian participation in the war. </P><P>The book looks at the Indian support to the war for political concessions from the British government and its repercussions through the perspective of the role played by more than one million Indian soldiers and labourers. It examines the social and cultural aspects of the experience of fighting on foreign soil in a deadly battle and their contributions which remain largely unrecognised. From micro-histories of fighting soldiers, aspects of recruitment and deployment, to macro-histories connecting different aspects of the War, the volume explores a variety of themes including: the material incentives, coercion and training which converted peasants into combatants; encounters of travelling Indian soldiers with other societies; and the contributions of returned soldiers in Indian society. </P><P>The book will be useful to researchers and students of history, post-colonial studies, sociology, literature, and cultural studies as well as for those interested in military history, World War I, and colonial history.</P>
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Indian Soldiers In The First World War - Re-Visiting A Global Conflict

209,54€ + 10% CARD

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 This book explores the lives and social histories of Indians soldiers who fought in the First World War. It focuses on their motivations, experiences, and lives after returning from service to present a more complete picture of Indian participation in the war.
ENGLISH

Bureaucratic Culture In Early Colonial India - District Officials, Armed Forces, And Personal Interest Under The East India Company, 1760-1830

by James Lees

59,61€ + 10% CARD

 This book looks at how the fledgling British East India Company state of the 1760s developed into the mature Anglo-Indian empire of the 19th century. It investigates the bureaucratic culture of early Company administrators, primarily at the district level, and the influence of that culture on the colonial government in India.
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Culture, Conflict And The Military In Colonial South Asia

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 This book offers diverse and original perspectives on South Asiaâ€™s imperial military history. Unlike prevailing studies, the essays in the volume emphasize both the vital role of culture in framing imperial military practice and the multiple cultural effects of colonial military service and engagements.
ENGLISH

Bureaucratic Culture In Early Colonial India - District Officials, Armed Forces, And Personal Interest Under The East India Company, 1760-1830

by James Lees

209,54€ + 10% CARD

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 This book looks at how the fledgling British East India Company state of the 1760s developed into the mature Anglo-Indian empire of the 19th century. It investigates the bureaucratic culture of early Company administrators, primarily at the district level, and the influence of that culture on the colonial government in India.
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Culture, Conflict And The Military In Colonial South Asia

70,21€ + 10% CARD

 This book offers diverse and original perspectives on South Asiaâ€™s imperial military history. Unlike prevailing studies, the essays in the volume emphasize both the vital role of culture in framing imperial military practice and the multiple cultural effects of colonial military service and engagements.
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Culture, Conflict And The Military In Colonial South Asia

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 This book offers diverse and original perspectives on South Asiaâ€™s imperial military history. Unlike prevailing studies, the essays in the volume emphasize both the vital role of culture in framing imperial military practice and the multiple cultural effects of colonial military service and engagements.
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Warfare And Society In British India, 1757â€“1947

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 This book explores the intricate and intimate relationship between military organization, imperial policy, and society in colonial South Asia. The essays in the volume highlight the salient features of expansion and consolidation of imperial control over the subcontinent, and ultimate demise of the Raj.

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