{"product_id":"the-sepoy-and-the-company-tradition-and-transition-in-northern-india-1770-1830","title":"The Sepoy and the Company - Tradition and Transition in Northern India 1770 - 1830","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Seema Alavi\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2006\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 315\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0195645952\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis pioneering study questions the existing historical and sociological understanding of the events leading to 1857 and adds significantly to our understanding of the role played by the army in the Company's rise to political dominance and of the British impact.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat was the link between the sepoys and society?  How did the carefully built-up loyalty of the East India Company’s native regiments—the sepoy army—crumble so incomprehensibly?  This pioneering study questions the existing historical and sociological understanding of the events leading to 1857.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEXPERTS FROM REVIEWS:\u003cbr\u003eHere is a fascinating study of the various strategies and ways in which the Company judged that its military system could best be incorporated into civilian society.\u003cbr\u003e                                                                           —B B Chaudhuri in Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe real strength of Alavi’s book is that it successfully takes away military history from retelling of heroic campaigns.\u003cbr\u003e                                                                          —Rudrangshu Mukherjee in ‘The Telegraph’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAltogether a fascinating study in depth which adds significantly to our understanding of the role played by the army in the Company’s rise to political dominance and of the British impact on India.\u003cbr\u003e                                                                         —K Padmapriya in ‘The Hindu’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e. . .a fine social history that problematises the distinction between the Company’s army and north Indian society, particularly concentrating on the 1820-40 period.\u003cbr\u003e                                                                       —Michael H Fisher in the IESHR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003eGlossary\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eNorth India Military Traditions and the Company\u003cbr\u003eThe Peasant Army in the Gangetic Plains\u003cbr\u003eThe Invalid Thanah\u003cbr\u003eThe Military Experiment with the Hill People\u003cbr\u003eRecruiting Cavalry in Upper India\u003cbr\u003eIrregular Cavalry, Eurasian Officers, and the Company, 1802-40\u003cbr\u003eThe Gurkha Experiment, 1764-1857\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Seema Alavi \/ Oxford University Press \/ Paperback","offer_id":68153687802224,"sku":"8974","price":32.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/8974.jpg?v=1793912579","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/the-sepoy-and-the-company-tradition-and-transition-in-northern-india-1770-1830","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}