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The 1857 Indian Uprising and the British Empire Situating the 1857 Indian uprising within an imperial context, Jill C. Bender traces its ramifications across the four different colonial sites ofIreland,NewZealand,Jamaica,andsouthernAfrica.Benderargues thatthe1857uprisingshapedcolonialBritons’perceptionsoftheirown empire,revealingthepossibilitiesofanintegratedempirethatcouldpro- videtheresourcestogenerateand“justify”Britishpower.Inresponse to the uprising, Britons throughout the empire debated colonial responsibility, methods of counter-insurrection, military recruiting practices, and colonial governance. Even after the rebellion had been suppressed,theviolenceof1857continuedtohavelastingeffect.The fearsgeneratedbytheuprisingtransformedhowtheBritishunderstood theirrelationshipwiththe“colonized”andshapedtheirownexpecta- tions of themselves as “colonizer.” Placing the 1857 Indian uprising within an imperial context reminds us that British power was neither naturalnorinevitable,buthadtobeconstructed. jill c. bender isAssistantProfessorofHistoryattheUniversityof NorthCarolinaatGreensboro,andahistorianofmodernBritainand the British Empire. She has published a number of articles and book chaptersonIreland,India,andtheBritishEmpire. The 1857 Indian Uprising and the British Empire Jill C. Bender UniversityPrintingHouse,CambridgeCB28BS,UnitedKingdom CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learningandresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781107135154 (cid:2)C JillC.Bender2016 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2016 PrintedintheUnitedKingdombyClays,StIvesplc AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary ISBN978-1-107-13515-4Hardback ISBN978-1-316-50108-5Paperback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracy ofURLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication, anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain, accurateorappropriate. For Mom and Dad Contents Listoffigures pageviii Acknowledgments ix 1 Introduction 1 2 A“greatbodycorporate”:1857andthesinewsofempire 27 3 “Amutinywasaverycatchingthing”:fearsof widespreadresistance 56 4 Defendinganempire:1857andtheempire’s“martial races” 81 5 Rebels,race,andviolence:mid-Victoriancolonial conflicts 106 6 Alegacyofviolence 143 7 Conclusion 176 Selectbibliography 182 Index 198 vii Figures 1 “Dr.Bull”drawsfromhisIndianexperiencestotreatthe symptomsofFenianism.Punch,1866.(cid:2)C PunchLimited. page139 2 SydneyPunch’s“PerfectCureforMaoriMassacres(Taken fromanEastIndianRecipewhichwasfoundremarkably efficacious,someyearsago.)”SydneyPunch,November28, 1868.NationalLibraryofAustralia. 140 viii
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