Uma Shanker Pandey

European Adventurers in North India

1750-1803

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores how European adventurers, particularly French, shaped early modern India. It highlights the significant contributions of these adventurers in social, political, economic and intellectual life of North India in the 18th and the 19th centuries.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 345g
• ISBN-13: 9780367785734
• ISBN-10: 0367785730
• Artikelnr.: 61211327

Autorenporträt

Uma Shanker Pandey is Assistant Professor in the Department of History, Ramjas College, University of Delhi, India.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. The Early Adventurers and the Modernization of Warfare in
Hindustan 2. The Later Adventurers and the French Brigades 3. The Partis
Français and the Increasing Military Power of Shuja-ud-Daula (1764-1775)
4. Chevalier and Shah Alam: Facets of diplomatic enterprises in north India
5. Commercial, Social, and Intellectual Engagements A concluding note.
Appendices