1st Edition
Nineteenth-Century Colonialism and the Great Indian Revolt
By Amit Kumar Gupta
Copyright 2016
208 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge India
208 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge India
208 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge India
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This book examines the ruptured characteristics of colonialism in nineteenth-century India. It connects the British East India Company’s efforts at the bourgeoisation of India with the Revolt of 1857. The volume shows how the mutiny of Indian sepoys in the British Indian army became a popular uprising of peasants, artisans and discontented aristocrats against the British. Tracing the rationale... Read more
Antescript 1. For Bourgeoisation 2. Against Feudalism 3. For Rent Theory 4. Against Peasantry 5. For Confrontation 6. Against Qualitative Change Postscript. Bibliography.
Biography
Amit Kumar Gupta is Research Consultant at the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR), New Delhi, India.
