Empire and gunpowder : military industrialization and ascendancy of the East India Company in India, 1757-1856 / Moumita Chowdhury.
By: Chowdhury, Moumita [author.].
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BookSeries: War and society in South Asia.Language: eng.Publisher: New York : Routledge, 2023Description: xi, 197 p. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9781003297994.Other title: Military industrialization and ascendancy of the East India Company in India, 1757-1856.Subject(s): Gunpowder -- History | Military art and science -- India -- History | Weapons industry -- India -- History | India -- History, Military | Great Britain -- Colonies -- Administration | Great Britain -- Colonies -- DefensesDDC classification: 954.031 | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| 954.031 Q9 Politics of empire at the accession of George III : the East India company and the crisis and transformation of Britain's imperial state / | 954.031 R2.1 The fall of the Maratha Empire, 1796-1806 / | 954.031 R2.2 The fall of the Maratha Empire, 1796-1806 / | 954.031 R3 Empire and gunpowder : | 954.031 R3 Unmaking the East India company : | 954.0310922 R0 Royals and rebels : | 954.0317 152Q7 1857-58 ke vidroh par itihas lekhan ke vividh aayam : |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"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"--
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