| Naukar, Rajput, and Sepoy: The Ethnohistory of the Military Labour Market of Hindustan, 1450-1850 Contributor(s): Kolff, Dirk H. a. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521381320 ISBN-13: 9780521381321 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 1990 Annotation: This is a study of an aspect of the ethnohistory of North Indian peasant society: the importance of its military labor market for state and sect formation, for social change and for the energetic survival strategies of the village of Hindustan. It traces the history of the British Indian sepoy back to the fifteenth century, firmly rooting him in India's medieval past. It also shows that, from the anthropological point of view, it was not the hierarchically arranged castes, but rather the multiple alliances and fluid identities of the peasantry that were the central phenomena of North Indian politics and decision making. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Military Science - History | Asia - India & South Asia - History | Europe - Renaissance |
| Dewey: 355.220 |
| LCCN: 89034310 |
| Series: ADA Companion Series |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.99 lbs) 236 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian - Cultural Region - Indian |