The Company Fortress : Military Engineering and the Dutch East India Company in South Asia, 1638-1795 / / Erik Odegard |
Autore | Odegard Erik |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden : , : Leiden University Press, , [2020] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 292 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 382.094920509032 |
Collana | Colonial and Global History Through Dutch Sources |
Soggetto topico |
Military engineering
Fortification Military engineering - Sri Lanka - History Military engineering - India - History Fortification - Sri Lanka - History Fortification - India - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | History |
ISBN | 90-8728-346-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Appendix 1. Some Remarks on Terminology and Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliography -- Archival Sources -- Printed Primary Sources -- Literature -- Index -- Maps and Images -- Tables -- Backcover
Chapter 7. A Plague of Engineers: Ceylon 1780-1789 -- War: The Fourth Anglo-Dutch War in Asia, 1780-1784 -- The Beginning of the Post-War Debates -- Criticizing Reimer -- The Exact Science of Fortification: French Plans For Colombo, Galle, and Trincomalee -- Reimer's Rebuttal -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8. The Military Committee: The Generality Intervenes, 1787-1792 -- Colombo -- Cochin -- Galle -- Trincomalee and Oostenburg -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9. Fall of a Fortress -- The Fall of the System -- The British Verdict -- Conclusion -- The Military Evolution of the South Asian States Designing the New Naarden in India: Van Reede At Negapatnam -- The Malabar Coast, 1670-1717 -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5. Mughal Decline and the Company: from Chowghat to Bedara 1717-1759 -- New Fortifications in Bengal and Coromandel -- Bengal, 1757-1759: A New Fort and Disaster at Biderra -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6. After Bedara: Attempting to Improve Defenses, 1759-1780 -- Engineers in India and on Ceylon -- Debating the Model Fortress: Negapatnam, 1760-1762 -- Ceylon from the War with Kandy to the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War -- Malabar 1760-1780: The Breakdown of Neutrality -- Conclusion Conclusion -- Chapter 2. "A Company of Commerce, but also of State" The VOC in South Asia -- A Federal Company -- A Multitude of Monopolies : The Company and its Commercial Policies in Asia and Europe -- Soldiers, Sailors, Engineers: The Company's Armed Forces -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3. The Van Goens System: Building the Fortifications, 1650-1675 -- Controlling Territory and Commerce -- A Typology of the VOC's Forts in South Asia -- Rebuilding the Fortifications -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4. Criticism and Construction: Debating and Building the Forts, 1675-1700 -- Criticizing van Goens's Vision Frontcover -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Fortification and Urban Design -- The Military Revolution and its Effects on European Expansion: Fact or Fiction? -- Method, Sources, and Structure -- Chapter 1. Artillery Fortification at Home and Abroad -- The Italian Invention -- Adaptation in the Netherlands: The "Old Dutch System" -- French Developments in Defense and Siege Warfare -- Menno van Coehoorn and the New Dutch System -- The Trace Moderne of Cormontaigne-Ramecourt -- Beyond the Bastion -- Other Influences: Indo-Portuguese and Indian Military Engineering |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810613303321 |
Odegard Erik | ||
Leiden : , : Leiden University Press, , [2020] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Country report Sri Lanka / / EIU, the Economist Intelligence Unit |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : The Unit, c1986- |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 330.9549/3/005 |
Soggetto topico |
Economic history
Politics and government |
Soggetto genere / forma | Periodicals. |
ISSN | 2047-5845 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Sri Lanka |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996201400703316 |
London, : The Unit, c1986- | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Country review Sri Lanka |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Houston, TX, : Commercial Data International |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Soggetto topico |
Ecology
Economic history Politics and government Social conditions |
Soggetto genere / forma | Periodicals. |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Sri Lanka |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996297340803316 |
Houston, TX, : Commercial Data International | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Country review Sri Lanka |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Houston, TX, : Commercial Data International |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Soggetto topico |
Ecology
Economic history Politics and government Social conditions |
Soggetto genere / forma | Periodicals. |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Sri Lanka |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910402045603321 |
Houston, TX, : Commercial Data International | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Cross-border electricity trade between India and Sri Lanka : impact on power system operations / / Amy Rose [and six others] |
Autore | Rose Amy |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Golden, CO : , : National Renewable Energy Laboratory, , December 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 47 pages) : color illustrations |
Collana | NREL/TP |
Soggetto topico |
Electric power distribution - India
Electric power distribution - Sri Lanka Commerce Electric power distribution |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Cross-border electricity trade between India and Sri Lanka |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910711720403321 |
Rose Amy | ||
Golden, CO : , : National Renewable Energy Laboratory, , December 2018 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Does reconciliation prevent future atrocities? : Evaluating practice in Sri Lanka / / Kate Lonergan |
Autore | Lonergan Kate |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : United States Institute of Peace, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (36 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
Collana | Peaceworks |
Soggetto topico |
Peace-building - Sri Lanka
Reconciliation Atrocities - Sri Lanka - Prevention Peace-building |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Does reconciliation prevent future atrocities? |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910715041203321 |
Lonergan Kate | ||
Washington, DC : , : United States Institute of Peace, , 2017 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Economic times |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Colombo], : [Economic Times Ltd.] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 330.9/549/303 |
Soggetto topico | Economic history |
Soggetto genere / forma | Periodicals. |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996204157203316 |
[Colombo], : [Economic Times Ltd.] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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The Economic times |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Colombo], : [Economic Times Ltd.] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 330.9/549/303 |
Soggetto topico | Economic history |
Soggetto genere / forma | Periodicals. |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910389174103321 |
[Colombo], : [Economic Times Ltd.] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Journal of agricultural sciences |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Belihuloya, : Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, Faculty of Agricultural Science |
Soggetto topico |
Agriculture
Agriculture - Sri Lanka |
Soggetto genere / forma | Periodicals. |
Soggetto non controllato | Agriculture - General |
ISSN | 2386-1363 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | JAS |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910140592803321 |
Belihuloya, : Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, Faculty of Agricultural Science | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Journal of agricultural sciences |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Belihuloya, : Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, Faculty of Agricultural Science |
Soggetto topico |
Agriculture
Agriculture - Sri Lanka |
Soggetto genere / forma | Periodicals. |
Soggetto non controllato | Agriculture - General |
ISSN | 2386-1363 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | JAS |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996321794703316 |
Belihuloya, : Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, Faculty of Agricultural Science | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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