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War, Culture and Society in Early Modern South Asia, 1740-1849 book cover

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War, Culture and Society in Early Modern South Asia, 1740-1849

By Kaushik Roy Copyright 2011
256 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

256 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

256 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book argues that the role of the British East India Company in transforming warfare in South Asia has been overestimated. Although it agrees with conventional wisdom that, before the British, the nature of Indian society made it difficult for central authorities to establish themselves fully and develop a monopoly over armed force, the book argues that changes to warfare in South Asia were... Read more

1. Naval Warfare in South Asia: 1500-1850  2. The Changing Pattern of Later Mughal Warfare  3. Army, State and Political Economy of the East India Company  4. Armies, Warfare and Political Economy of Mysore: 1760-1799  5. The Maratha Confederacy: Armies, Economy and Warfare  6. Khalsa Kingdom against the East India Company, 1780-1849 

Biography

Kaushik Roy is Reader in History at Jadavpur University, India and a Senior Researcher at the Centre for the Study of Civil War (CSCW) at the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO).  His latest publication is The Oxford Companion to Modern Warfare in India. 

"A good basic introduction to the history of Britain's conquest of India. Summing Up: Recommended. Undergraduate and general collections."--P. P. Barua, CHOICE (January 2012)

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