True to Their Salt. Indian Soldiers and the British Empire, Hardback - Ravindra Rathee

This important new book looks at the crucial role played by Indian soldiers in the control, and expansion, of the British Empire. Marking the 75th ...

Combining approaches from reception studies and historical musicology, this book demonstrates how the representation of music at exhibitions drew t...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): The Perils of Interpreting Henrietta HarrisonIllustration(s): 1 map. 36 b/w illus.Number of pages: ...

During the Age of Revolution, the British Crown responded to crises in its colonies with a heavy hand. Lisa Ford shows how imperial peacekeeping me...

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A study of how artists and photographers shaped imperial visions of war and peace in the Victorian periodPublisher: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies ...

Chilli and Mint will be an instant favourite for anyone interested in food and spice (but not necessarily spicy food!) or the intricacies of Indian...

Reducere. This volume provides a synthesis of some of the most important themes to emerge from the recent proliferation of specialized scholarship on the per...

Examines various ways in which the Empire was displayed in Britain between the eighteenth and early twentieth centuries, looking at music, satirica...

Imperial Boredom offers a radical reconsideration of the British Empire during its heyday in the nineteenth century. Challenging the long-establish...

Bringing together the world's leading scholars on the subject, Military Education and the British Empire explores distinct national narratives with...

As museums across Europe reckon with the post-colonial legacies of their collections, this volume combines approaches from material anthropology, i...

Reducere. DescriptionIn 1939 Hitler went to war not just with Great Britain; he also went to war with the whole of the British Empire, the greatest empire th...

Dr Ravindra Sharma has been a medical surgeon all his life yet has maintained a deep and abiding interest in astrology, having learnt it from sever...

Strong on human interest coupled with military history.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): Victor PiukIllustration(s): 16 pages of black and...

If you want to discover the captivating history of the Mughal Empire and British Raj, then keep reading...Two captivating manuscripts in one book: ...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Mughal Empire and British Raj, then keep reading...Two captivating manuscripts in one book: ...

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Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the British Raj, then keep reading...The British presence in India lasted for nearly 350 years, ...

How did decolonization impact on Britain itself? And how did Britain manage its transition from colonial power to postcolonial nation? Sarah Stockw...

Trevor Royle does for Culloden what Juliet Barker did for Agincourt, bringing us the definitive account of the battle and its wider role in the cre...

DescriptionFilms for the Colonies examines the British Government's use of film across its vast Empire from the 1920s until widespread independence...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the British Raj, then keep reading...The British presence in India lasted for nearly 350 years, ...

Reducere. DescriptionKirkus Review called this "a concise, moving history of American Indian military service." The book opens with a burning, difficult ques...

Hardly anyone paid attention when Sultan Khan arrived in London on April 26, 1929. A humble servant from a village in the Punjab, Khan had little f...

After writing Elementary Geography for earlier grades, Ms Mason wrote this book, the second in her series of five readers, to teach students about ...

After writing Elementary Geography for earlier grades, Ms Mason wrote this book, the second in her series of five readers, to teach students about ...

This book explores the life and career of the 1st marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1826-1902). It links the landowning and aristocratic culture he was...

The definitive, engaging and previously little-known account of the 4, 227 soldiers who comprised Force K6 of the British Indian Army

#1 Amazon Best Seller ─ A Deeper Look at Comic Book Superhero SoldiersThe military in comic books: Comic book superheroes have been influenced by t...

Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers LtdAuthor(s): Paddy DochertyIllustration(s): 16 Illustrations, black and whiteNumber of pages: 240Publication da...

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Reducere. FASCINATING. ... Dramatic and timely. --New York Times Book Review, Editors' ChoiceIn this dramatic tale of discovery (San Francisco Chronicle), th...

Colonial hierarchy and race fueled rapid militarization in the British Empire that shaped the violent course of the twentieth century. This innovat...

This book examines how the expansion of a steam-powered Royal Navy from the second half of the nineteenth century had wider ramifications across th...

Reducere. FASCINATING. ... Dramatic and timely. -New York Times Book Review, Editors' ChoiceIn this grand and thrilling narrative, the acclaimed biographer o...

For Elizabeth, Drake made the impossible real, serving as a crucial and brilliantly adaptable instrument of her ambitions to transform England from...

DescriptionUnderstanding the British Empire draws on a lifetime's research and reflection on the history of the British Empire by one of the senior...

A brilliantly original take on the First World War, tracing the Indian army's journey from a small professional service to a crucial part of the co...

This is a cook book to celebrate British farming in all its hardship and glory. The recipes in this book make the most of local and seasonal ingred...