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Naval Resistance to Britain´s Growing Power in India, 1660-1800: The Saffron Banner and the Tiger of Mysore
Philip Macdougall
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Hardback. Reveals, from a non-Eurocentric perspective, how Indian states developed and implemented maritime strategies which posed a serious threat to British naval power in the region. Series: Worlds of the East India Company. Num Pages: 222 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JD; 3JF; HBJF; HBLH; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 570.
Reveals, from a non-Eurocentric perspective, how Indian states developed and implemented maritime strategies which posed a serious threat to British naval power in the region. Most books on the colonisation of India view the subject in Eurocentric imperial terms, focusing on the ways in which European powers competed with each other on land and at sea and defeated Indian states on land, and viewing Indian states as having little interest in naval matters. This book, in contrast, reveals that there was substantial naval activity on the part of some Indian states and that this activity represented a serious threat ... Read more
Reveals, from a non-Eurocentric perspective, how Indian states developed and implemented maritime strategies which posed a serious threat to British naval power in the region. Most books on the colonisation of India view the subject in Eurocentric imperial terms, focusing on the ways in which European powers competed with each other on land and at sea and defeated Indian states on land, and viewing Indian states as having little interest in naval matters. This book, in contrast, reveals that there was substantial naval activity on the part of some Indian states and that this activity represented a serious threat ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
222
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843839484
SKU
V9781843839484
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Philip Macdougall
Philip MacDougall was formerly a Lecturer in the Department of Economic History at the University of Kent. He is the author and editor of several books on maritime history, including The Naval Mutinies of 1797 (Boydell, 2011), Naval Resistance to Britain's Growing Power in India, 1660-1800 (Boydell, 2014) and Islamic Seapower during the Age of Fighting Sail (Boydell, 2017).
Reviews for Naval Resistance to Britain´s Growing Power in India, 1660-1800: The Saffron Banner and the Tiger of Mysore
A broad history of IndoEuropean maritime conflicts that is accessibly written and enjoyable. Additionally, he uses his background in maritime history to make valuable observations on the ships, strategies, and naval facilities of various Indian powers.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MARITIME HISTORY
This is an excellent study of a neglected but important aspect of Anglo-Indian history, and comes highly ... Read more
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MARITIME HISTORY
This is an excellent study of a neglected but important aspect of Anglo-Indian history, and comes highly ... Read more