Call of empire : from the Highlands to Hindostan /

"From 1760 to 1869, four generations of one family from the Scottish Highlands sought their fortunes in the service of the East India Company. As they worked their way up through the ranks of the empire, the Baillie family left numerous footprints in India and recorded their fascinating experie...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Baillie, Alexander Charles, 1939- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2017.
Temas:
Bailey family.
Bailey family
East India Company.
East India Company
1700-1899
British > India > History > 18th century.
British > India > History > 19th century.
Britanniques > Inde > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Britanniques > Inde > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY > Asia > India & South Asia.
British
British colonies
Economic history
Ethnic relations
Great Britain > India > Colonies > History > 19th century.
Great Britain > India > Colonies > History > 18th century.
India > Economic conditions > 18th century.
India > Economic conditions > 19th century.
India > Ethnic relations > History > 18th century.
India > Ethnic relations > History > 19th century.
India > History, Military > 18th century.
India > History, Military > 19th century.
Great Britain > Colonies > History > 19th century.
Great Britain > Colonies > History > 18th century.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Inde > Conditions économiques > 18e siècle.
Inde > Conditions économiques > 19e siècle.
India
Electronic books.
History
Military history
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Culloden's children
  • No great mischief
  • Eastward ho!
  • Baillie-ki-Paltan
  • Brothers in arms
  • Affairs of the heart
  • A council of incompetents
  • Command at Pondicherry
  • Disaster
  • Imprisonment and death at Seringapatam
  • Homeward bound
  • Brain fever in Baghdad
  • Estrangement
  • John of Leys and the acquisition of Bundelcund
  • Margaret and the Anglo-Indian Elmores
  • The resident at Lucknow
  • Dismissal
  • Retribution
  • Dissolution.

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