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Autore |
Beasley Edward <1964-, > |
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The Chartist general : Charles James Napier, the conquest of Sind, and imperial liberalism / / Edward Beasley |
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London : , : Routledge, , 2017 |
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ISBN |
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1-315-51727-2 |
1-315-51729-9 |
1-315-51728-0 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (388 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Collana |
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Routledge Studies in Modern British History ; ; 12 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Generals - Great Britain |
Chartism |
Great Britain History, Military 19th century |
Sindh (Pakistan) History, Military 19th century |
India History British occupation, 1765-1947 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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pt. I. Boyhood and war -- pt. II. The radical abroad and at home -- pt. III. The north of England -- pt. IV. The conquest of Sind -- pt. V. 'In Scinde as in Cephalonia. ' -- pt. VI. Commander-in-chief. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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General Charles James Napier was sent to confront the tens of thousands of Chartist protestors marching through the cities of the North of England in the late 1830s. A well-known leftist who agreed with the Chartist demands for democracy, Napier managed to keep the peace. In South Asia, the same man would later provoke a war and conquer Sind. In this first-ever scholarly biography of Napier, Edward Beasley asks how the conventional depictions of the man as a peacemaker in England and a warmonger in Asia can be reconciled. Employing deep archival research and close readings of Napier's published books (ignored by prior scholars), this well-written volume demonstrates that Napier was a liberal imperialist who believed that if freedom was right for the people of England it was right for the people of Sind -- even if "freedom" had to be imposed by military force. Napier also confronted the messy aftermath of Western conquest, carrying out |
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nation-building with mixed success, trying to end the honour killing of women, and eventually discovering the limits of imperial interference. |
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