Between Mars and Mammon: Colonial Armies and the Garrison State in Early Nineteenth-century India (International Library of Historical Studies) PDF
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BETWEEN MARS. i * Z < eS ae OS ee - : , — . 2 a . iy - | z : a es \ te, pak i: ‘o% se x ema ‘ - f . aS * me a. 7 Colénie Armies and the Garrison Statytet e 3 in Early Nineteenth- one India | DOUGLAS M.P EERS - While popular impressions of the British Raj are saturated with images and memories of military campaigns, remarkably few studies have considered the direct impact that the army exerted on the day-to-day operations of the British in India. Douglas Peers’ book demonstrates how importantth e army was to the establishment and form of British domination. Soldiers and civilians were, with rare exceptions, united by the truism that British rule could only be retained by’ the sword. The rationale for the Raj emphasized the precariousness of British rule and showed that its security could only be assured by constant preparedness for war. Consequently, military imperatives and the army’s demands for resources were given priority in peacetime as well as wartime. Douglas Peers argues that this helps explain the origin of the Burma War (1824-26) and the capture of Bharatpur (1825-26), neither of which would appear at first sight strategically vital or economically desirable. Authorities in London viewed this militarization of the colonial administration and its treasury with misgivings. They recognized not only the financial costs involved, but also the political consequences of an increasingly autonomous army. Their efforts to restrain the army were only partially successful. Even William Bentinck, famous for ushering ina period of reform in India, finally conceded that the army’s interests were deeply entrenched and that Britain was dependent on it. Sheffield Hallam University Learning and IT Services Adsetts Centre City Campus Sheffield S11WB 6 4 , yan 999 17 DEC 1999 17 JAN 2000 = 1 NOV 2000 =2 NOV 2000 70 NOV 2009 de CEP 1998 2 jay 2001 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2022 with funding from Kahle/Austin Foundation https://archive.org/details/betweenmarsmammoOOO0Opeer BETWEEN MARS AND MAMMON INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF HISTORICAL STUDIES Volume 1 Between Mars and Mammon: Colonial Armies and the Garrison State in India, 1819-1835 by Douglas M. Peers 2 Empires in Conflict: Armenia and the Great Powers, 1912- 1920 by Manoug Somakian 3. Military Revolution in Sixteenth-century Europe by David Eltis BETWEEN MARS AND MAMMON Colonial Armies and the Garrison State in India 1819-1835 Douglas M. Peers Tauris Academic Studies I.B. Tauris Publishers LONDON * NEW YORK Published in 1995 by Tauris Academic Studies An imprint of I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd 45 Bloomsbury Square London WCI1A 2HY 175 Fifth Avenue New York NY 10010 In the United States of America and Canada distributed by St Martin’s Press 175 Fifth Avenue New York NY 10010 Copyright © 1995 by Douglas M. Peers All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in a review, this book, or any part thereof, may not be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher. A full CIP record for this book is available from the British Library A full CIP record for this book is available from the Library of Congress ISBN 1 85043 954 0 Library of Congress catalog card number: 95- 060218 ? AOLW U Typesetting by Cliff Kadatz Printed and bound in Great Britain by WEC Ltd, Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan Contents List of Maps and Appendices : vi Acknowledgements Vii Preface Vill Notes on Spelling and Usage xi 1. The Armies of India and the Dynamics of Imperial Rule“ 1 2. The Structures and Ideologies of Company Rule “i 18 3. Ideologies of the Garrison State oe 44 4. The Military Resources of the Garrison State 73 5. The Army and the Finances of British India 106 6. The Garrison State in Action: The Burma War and the Campaign Against Bharatpur 144 7. Economies, Imperial Authority and War 184 8. Anglo-Indian Militarism in an Age of Retrenchment and Reform 211 Conclusion: The Survival of the Garrison State 243 List of Maps and Appendices Map 1 Military Divisions and Garrisons in India: 1815-1835 247 Map 2 The Burma War: 1824-1826 248 Map 3_ The Siege of Bharatpur: 1825-1826 249 Map 4 North India’s Cantonments: 1815-1835 250 Appendices A Courts Martial in Bengal Army 251 B_ Caste and Origins of Recruits in 60th and 35th Bengal Native Infantry 252 C Incidence of Corporal Punishment in India 254 D_ Sepoy Backgrounds in Madras Army 255 E Sepoy Backgrounds in Bombay Army 255 F Bengal Revenues: 1814-1831 255 G Indian Revenues and Expenditures: 1815-1829 256 H Indian Debt: 1815-1829 256 I Size and Charges of the Indian Army: 1813-1830 Zod J Numbers of Sepoys and European Rank and File in India: 1813-1832 257 Bibliography 259 Index 281 vi
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