Nineteenth-Century Colonialism and the Great Indian Revolt

by Amit Kumar Gupta

Book Overview

This book examines the ruptured characteristics of colonialism in nineteenth-century India. It connects the British East India Company's efforts at the bourgeoisation of India with the Revolt of 1857. The volume shows how the mutiny of Indian sepoys in the British Indian army became a popular uprising of peasants, artisans and discontented aristocrats against the British. Tracing the rationale and consequences of this conflict, the monograph highlights...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815376596
• ISBN13: 9780815376590
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Routledge India
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"