Between Mars and Mammon: Colonial Armies and the Garrison State in India, 1819-1835

by Douglas M. Peers

While popular images of the British Raj are saturated with images and memories of military campaigns, remarkably few scholarly studies have considered the direct impact that the army exerted on the day-to-day operations of the British in India. Douglas Peer's book demonstrates not only how important the army was to the establishment of British domination but also to its subsequent form and operation. Soldiers and civilians, with rare exception,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350183857
• ISBN13: 9781350183858
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"