Rumours and Rebels

The Indian Uprising of 1857 had a profound impact on the British experience on the subcontinent and fears of its recurrence continued to haunt the colonisers. This book **explores the existence of conspiracies during early 1857 and presents a detailed narrative of the panics and rumours which moved Indians to take up arms.

Autorentext

Kim A. Wagner is Senior Lecturer in British Imperial History at Queen Mary University of London. He was originally taught by the late Prof. C. A. Bayly at Cambridge and has published extensively on the subject of «Thuggee», intelligence-gathering and colonial violence in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century British India. His most recent publications include ««Treading Upon Fires»: The «Mutiny»-Motif and Colonial Anxieties in British India», Past & Present (2013) and ««Calculated to Strike Terror»: The Amritsar Massacre and the Spectacle of Colonial Violence», Past & Present (2016).

Zusammenfassung
« A compulsory read for anyone with a serious interest in this crucial event in Indian and British colonial history. » (Professor Crispin Bates, Personal Chair of Modern and Contemporary South Asian History, University of Edinburgh)

Inhalt

Contents: Prologue: The Ghost of Mutiny Past - The Greased Cartridges - Barrackpore and Berhampore - Rumours and Chapattis - Mangal Pandey - Arson at Ambala - Meerut - Alarm at Ambala - The Outbreak - Meerut Ablaze - The World Turned Upside Down - Meerut Aftermath - To Delhi! - The Fall of Delhi - The Uprising - The Great Conspiracy - Epilogue: 1857 Today.