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Imperial connections : India in the Indian Ocean arena, 1860-1920 / Thomas R. Metcalf.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Metcalf, Thomas R., 1934-2026
- Series:
- California world history library ; 4.
- The California world history library ; 4
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- India. Army.
- Colonies.
- Administration.
- East Indians--Employment.
- History.
- East Indians.
- Colonization.
- Indian Ocean Region--Colonization--History.
- Indian Ocean Region.
- East Indians--Colonization--Indian Ocean Region--History.
- East Indians--Employment--Indian Ocean Region--History.
- Great Britain--Colonies--Africa--Administration.
- Great Britain.
- Africa.
- Great Britain--Colonies--Asia--Administration.
- India. Army--Colonial forces--Indian Ocean Region.
- India.
- Asia.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 264 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [2007]
- Contents:
- Introduction: Empire Recentered 1
- 1 Governing Colonial Peoples 16
- 2 Constructing Identities 46
- 3 Projecting Power: The Indian Army Overseas 68
- 4 Recruiting Sikhs for Colonial Police and Military 102
- 5 "Hard Hands and Sound Healthy Bodies": Recruiting "Coolies" for Natal 136
- 6 India in East Africa 165.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-252) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780520249462
- 0520249461
- OCLC:
- 70230721
- Online:
- Publisher description
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