Climate of Conquest (Hardcover)

Dr. Pratyay Nath

ISBN 10: 0199495556 / ISBN 13: 9780199495559

Edité par OUP India, New Delhi, 2019

Hardcover. What can war tell us about empire? Climate of Conquest is built around this question. Here the author eschews the conventional way of writing about warfare primarily in terms of battles and technologies. Instead, he unravels the deep connections that Mughal war-making shared with the broader dynamics of society, culture, and politics. In the process, he offers a new analysis of the Mughal empire from the vantage point of war.Climate of Conquest closelystudies the dynamics of the military campaigns that helped the Mughals conquer North India and project their power beyond it. The author argues that these campaigns unfolded in constant negotiation withthe diverse natural environment of South Asia. The empire sought to discipline the environment and harness its resources to satisfy its own military needs. At the same time, environmental factors like climate, terrain, and ecology profoundly influenced Mughal military tactics, strategy, and deployment of technology. The book also explores the world of non-elite labour that spearheaded Mughal military logistics, the process of formation of imperial frontiers, and the empire's legitimisation ofwar and conquest. What emerges is a fresh interpretation of Mughal empire-building as a highly adaptive, flexible, and accommodative process. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9780199495559

Synopsis :

What can war tell us about empire? Climate of Conquest is built around this question. Here the author eschews the conventional way of writing about warfare primarily in terms of battles and technologies. Instead, he unravels the deep connections that Mughal war-making shared with the broader dynamics of society, culture, and politics. In the process, he offers a new analysis of the Mughal empire from the vantage point of war.
Climate of Conquest closely studies the dynamics of the military campaigns that helped the Mughals conquer North India and project their power beyond it. The author argues that these campaigns unfolded in constant negotiation with the diverse natural environment of South Asia. The empire sought to discipline the environment and harness its resources to satisfy its own military needs. At the same time, environmental factors like climate, terrain, and ecology profoundly influenced Mughal military tactics, strategy, and deployment of technology. The book also explores the world of non-elite labour that spearheaded Mughal military logistics, the process of formation of imperial frontiers, and the empire's legitimisation of war and conquest. What emerges is a fresh interpretation of Mughal empire-building as a highly adaptive, flexible, and accommodative process.

À propos de l?auteur: Pratyay Nath is Assistant Professor and Head, Department of History, Ashoka University. He is a historian of war and empire. Climate of Conquest is his first book.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Climate of Conquest (Hardcover)
Éditeur : OUP India, New Delhi
Date d'édition : 2019
Reliure : Hardcover
Etat : new