Empire and Gunpowder: Military Industrialisation and Ascendancy of the East Indi

Description: Empire and Gunpowder by Moumita Chowdhury 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. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 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.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.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. Author Biography Moumita Chowdhury is an independent scholar. Chowdhury received her PhD from the Department of History, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. She was awarded the Fellowship for Research in Military History by the History Division, Ministry of Defence, India, from 2016 to 2019. She also received the Charles Wallace Short Term Fellowship in 2018.Her research interest lies in South Asian and global military history. Her work explores the relation between warfare, technology and state building in India during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Table of Contents Introduction 1. Weapons, Armies, Warfare and Polities in Pre-British India 2. The Character of the East India Companys Army 3. Production of Gunpowder in India, 1757–1856 4. Production of Cannon in India, 1757–1856 5. Production of Gun Carriages in India, 1757–1856 6. Artillery and the Military-Fiscal State in India, 1757–1856 7. Changing Dynamics of Warfare in India, 1757–1856. Conclusion. Bibliography. Details ISBN1032132698 Author Moumita Chowdhury Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Year 2022 ISBN-10 1032132698 ISBN-13 9781032132693 Format Hardcover Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2022-07-19 NZ Release Date 2022-07-19 Pages 198 Publication Date 2022-07-19 UK Release Date 2022-07-19 Illustrations 1 Tables, black and white; 3 Line drawings, black and white; 3 Illustrations, black and white Series War and Society in South Asia Subtitle Military Industrialisation and Ascendancy of the East India Company in India, 1757–1856 DEWEY 954.031 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education Imprint Routledge India Alternative 9781032286839 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:135554471;

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