LEADER 03027oam 2200565I 450 001 9910149385203321 005 20240501153612.0 010 $a1-315-51727-2 010 $a1-315-51729-9 010 $a1-315-51728-0 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315517292 035 $a(CKB)3710000000933612 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4732378 035 $a(OCoLC)965143743 035 $a(BIP)63349288 035 $a(BIP)63718076 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000933612 100 $a20180706d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Chartist general $eCharles James Napier, the conquest of Sind, and imperial liberalism /$fEdward Beasley 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon :$cRoutledge,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (388 pages) $cillustrations, maps 225 1 $aRoutledge Studies in Modern British History ;$v12 311 08$a1-138-33006-X 311 08$a1-138-69926-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $apt. 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. 330 $aGeneral Charles James Napier was sent to confront the tens of thousands of Chartist protestors marching through the cities of the North of England in the late 1830s. A well-known leftist who agreed with the Chartist demands for democracy, Napier managed to keep the peace. In South Asia, the same man would later provoke a war and conquer Sind. In this first-ever scholarly biography of Napier, Edward Beasley asks how the conventional depictions of the man as a peacemaker in England and a warmonger in Asia can be reconciled. Employing deep archival research and close readings of Napier's published books (ignored by prior scholars), this well-written volume demonstrates that Napier was a liberal imperialist who believed that if freedom was right for the people of England it was right for the people of Sind -- even if "freedom" had to be imposed by military force. Napier also confronted the messy aftermath of Western conquest, carrying out nation-building with mixed success, trying to end the honour killing of women, and eventually discovering the limits of imperial interference. 410 0$aRoutledge studies in modern British history ;$v12. 606 $aGenerals$zGreat Britain$vBiography 606 $aChartism 607 $aGreat Britain$xHistory, Military$y19th century 607 $aSindh (Pakistan)$xHistory, Military$y19th century 607 $aIndia$xHistory$yBritish occupation, 1765-1947 615 0$aGenerals 615 0$aChartism. 676 $a359.0092 700 $aBeasley$b Edward$f1964-,$0934455 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910149385203321 996 $aThe Chartist general$92104337 997 $aUNINA