The Sepoys and the Company: Tradition and Transition in Northern India 1770-1830

By Seema Alavi

Book Overview

Alavi examines the factors used by the British when forming the East India Company's Bengal Army in the period 1770-1830. These factors, such as knship groups, diet, and caste as well as financial incentives offered by pension schemes and invalid pay, provided a loyal high-status army for the emerging colonial authority.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195645952
• ISBN13: 9780195645958
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"