1st Edition
The Chartist General Charles James Napier, The Conquest of Sind, and Imperial Liberalism
Illustrations and Maps
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Liberalism and Napier
Part I: Boyhood and War
Chapter 1: Early Days
Chapter 2: A Soldier
Chapter 3: In America and France
Part II: The Radical Abroad and at Home
Chapter 4: Greece and the Greeks
Chapter 5: Cephalonia and the Greek Revolution
Chapter 6: Social Reform for Cephalonia
Chapter 7: Departure and Bereavement
Chapter 8: Australia and Idealism
Chapter 9: Flogging and Politics
Part III: The North of England
Chapter 10: The Coming of Chartism
Chapter 11: Command in the North
Chapter 12: The Long-Term Threat
Chapter 13: Newport and After
Part IV: The Conquest of Sind
Chapter 14: To India and Sind
Chapter 15: Napier's Motivations
Chapter 16: To and from the Battle of Miani
Chapter 17: The Battle of Dubba
Part V: 'In Scinde as in Cephalonia….'
Chapter 18: Victory in the Sun
Chapter 19: 'To Protect the Poor from Barbarian Tyranny!'
Chapter 20: Conflict and Decline
Part VI: Commander-in-Chief
Chapter 21: Home and Back
Chapter 22: Reforming the Army
Chapter 23: The Kohat Expedition
Chapter 24: The Mutinies of Charles James Napier
Conclusion: Napier, Liberalism, and Imperialism
Bibliography
Biography
Edward Beasley is Professor of History at San Diego State University. He is author of The Victorian Reinvention of Race, Empire as the Triumph of Theory and Mid-Victorian Imperialists, all available from Routledge.
