The Chartist General: Charles James Napier, the Conquest of Sind, and Imperial Liberalism Contributor(s): Beasley, Edward (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138699268 ISBN-13: 9781138699267 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $190.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - History | Asia - India & South Asia - Biography & Autobiography |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 2016025010 |
Series: Routledge Studies in Modern British History |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.2" W x 9.2" (1.50 lbs) 378 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Indian |
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Publisher Description: 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. |