The Coolie's Great War: Indian Labour in a Global Conflict, 1914-1921 - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Radhika SinghaTheme:Chronological Period/1900-1919, Cultural Region/Asian, Cultural Region/IndianPublish date:10/15/2020Pages:256
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780197525586ISBN-10:019752558XUPC:9780197525586Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Asia, Wars & ConflictsBook Topic:South, World War ISize:8.60 x 5.80 x 1.60 inchesWeight:0.658Product ID:SC3AJ2FN8V
Though largely invisible in histories of the First World War, over 550,000 men in the ranks of the Indian army were non-combatants. From the porters, stevedores and construction workers in the Coolie Corps to those who maintained supply lines and removed the wounded from the battlefield, Radhika Singha recovers the story of this unacknowledged service.
The labor regimes built on the backs of these 'coolies' sustained the military infrastructure of empire; their deployment in interregional arenas bent to the demands of global war. Viewed as racially subordinate and subject to 'non-martial' caste designations, they fought back against their status, using the warring powers' need for manpower as leverage to challenge traditional service hierarchies and wage differentials.
The Coolie's Great War views that global conflict through the lens of Indian labor, constructing a distinct geography of the war--from tribal settlements and colonial jails, beyond India's frontiers, to the battlefronts of France and Mesopotamia.
The labor regimes built on the backs of these 'coolies' sustained the military infrastructure of empire; their deployment in interregional arenas bent to the demands of global war. Viewed as racially subordinate and subject to 'non-martial' caste designations, they fought back against their status, using the warring powers' need for manpower as leverage to challenge traditional service hierarchies and wage differentials.
The Coolie's Great War views that global conflict through the lens of Indian labor, constructing a distinct geography of the war--from tribal settlements and colonial jails, beyond India's frontiers, to the battlefronts of France and Mesopotamia.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780197525586ISBN-10:019752558XUPC:9780197525586Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Asia, Wars & ConflictsBook Topic:South, World War ISize:8.60 x 5.80 x 1.60 inchesWeight:0.658Product ID:SC3AJ2FN8V
Radhika Singha, Professor of Modern Indian History, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Radhika Singha is Professor of Modern Indian History at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Her research interests focus on the social history of crime and criminal law, identification practices, governmentality, borders and border-crossing.
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