Book contents
- Ruling the World
- Ruling the World
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I 1838: The Year of Freedom
- Part II 1857: The Year of Civilisation
- 7 Setting the Scene: Hubris and Crisis
- 8 ‘A Struggle of Life and Death’
- 9 A New Imperial Government
- Conclusion to Part II: An Empire of Civilisation?
- Part III 1879: The Year of Liberalism
- Appendix: Cast of Characters
- Notes
- Index
- References
8 - ‘A Struggle of Life and Death’
from Part II - 1857: The Year of Civilisation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 December 2020
Book contents
- Ruling the World
- Ruling the World
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I 1838: The Year of Freedom
- Part II 1857: The Year of Civilisation
- 7 Setting the Scene: Hubris and Crisis
- 8 ‘A Struggle of Life and Death’
- 9 A New Imperial Government
- Conclusion to Part II: An Empire of Civilisation?
- Part III 1879: The Year of Liberalism
- Appendix: Cast of Characters
- Notes
- Index
- References
Summary
Syed Ahmed Kahn and the causes of the 1857 Indian Uprising; building India’s railways and the doctrine of lapse; the course of the Mutiny and Uprising; attempts to coordinate the imperial response in London and the conveyance of an army across Suez; the need for restructuring the imperial government.
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- Ruling the WorldFreedom, Civilisation and Liberalism in the Nineteenth-Century British Empire, pp. 220 - 249Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
References
Further Reading
Chakravarty, G., The Indian Mutiny and the British Imagination, Cambridge University Press, 2005.Google Scholar
Wagner, K., The Great Fear of 1857: Rumours, Conspiracies and the Making of the Indian Uprising, Peter Lang, 2010.Google Scholar
Wilson, J., India Conquered: Britain’s Raj and the Chaos of Empire, Simon and Schuster, 2016.Google Scholar