Empire and gunpowder : military industrialization and ascendancy of the East India Company in India, 1757-1856 / Moumita Chowdhury.

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ISBN
9781003297994 (ebook)
1003297994
9781000603965 (electronic bk. : PDF)
1000603962 (electronic bk. : PDF)
9781000603972 (electronic bk. : EPUB)
1000603970 (electronic bk. : EPUB)
9781032132693 (hardback)
9781032286839 (paperback)
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yayın Bilgisi
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2022.
Fiziksel Niteleme
1 online resource.
Dizi
War and society in South Asia
İçindekiler Notu
Weapons, Armies, Warfare and Polities in Pre-British India -- The Character of the East India Company's Army -- Production of Gunpowder in India, 1757-1856 -- Production of Cannon in India, 1757-1856 -- Production of Gun Carriages in India, 1757-1856 -- Artillery and the Military-Fiscal State in India, 1757-1856 -- Changing Dynamics of Warfare in India, 1757-1856.
Özet, vb.
"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. 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 modeling their armies on European lines. It shows how the Company established an edge through an efficient bureaucracy and a standardized manufacturing system, while the Indian powers primarily focused on continuous innovation and failed to introduce standardization of production. 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"-- Provided by publisher.
Konu
East India Company __ History.
Gunpowder __ History.
Military art and science __ India __ History.
Weapons industry __ India __ History.
HISTORY / Military / General __ bisacsh
HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia __ bisacsh
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain __ bisacsh
India __ History, Military.
Great Britain __ Colonies __ Administration.
Great Britain __ Colonies __ Defenses.
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