The Chartist general : Charles James Napier, the conquest of Sind, and imperial liberalism / / Edward Beasley
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| Autore: |
Beasley Edward <1964-, >
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| Titolo: |
The Chartist general : Charles James Napier, the conquest of Sind, and imperial liberalism / / Edward Beasley
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| Pubblicazione: | London : , : Routledge, , 2017 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (388 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina: | 359.0092 |
| Soggetto topico: | Generals - Great Britain |
| Chartism | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Great Britain History, Military 19th century |
| Sindh (Pakistan) History, Military 19th century | |
| India History British occupation, 1765-1947 | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 nation-building with mixed success, trying to end the honour killing of women, and eventually discovering the limits of imperial interference. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The Chartist general |
| ISBN: | 1-315-51727-2 |
| 1-315-51729-9 | |
| 1-315-51728-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910149385203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Routledge studies in modern British history ; ; 12.