From Mutiny to Revolt - Couverture souple

Pinch, William R.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1009682423 ISBN 13 : 9781009682428

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2025

Synopsis

Why did the nonviolent Meerut mutiny of 1857 in India explode into a violent military revolt which quickly spread into a subcontinental war that threatened to destroy the British Empire from within? Breaking new ground on the events of 10th May, William Pinch re-examines the evidence, shifting our focus toward the identity of female participants and their actions in the hours before the revolt began. Drawing upon a wide range of sources, including Hindi folksongs, military records, police reports, literary fiction, and Urdu memoir, he creates snapshots from the perspective of key figures to uncover the social and emotional world of the military 'cantonment' and its rural hinterland. By foregrounding the lives of ordinary 'military women' and 'their men'-the Indian sepoys who peopled the revolt-Pinch challenges conventional narratives and guides readers through the literary and historiographical echoes of the fateful decision to take up arms against the British.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

William R. Pinch is Professor of History and Global South Asian Studies at Wesleyan University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1009682423
• ISBN 13: 9781009682428
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 228
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Cambridge University Press; https://www.cambridge.org/; ; Via Honduras,15; Pomezia; Italia; 71; Italie