the ethnohistory of the military labour market in Hindustan, 1450-1850 /
First Statement of Responsibility
Dirk H.A. Kolff.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Cambridge University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1990.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xv, 217 pages :
Other Physical Details
map ;
Dimensions
23 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
University of Cambridge oriental publications ;
Volume Designation
no. 43
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.--Leiden University, 1983) under title: An armed peasantry and its allies : Rajput tradition and state formation, 1450-1850.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-212) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Machine derived contents note: Preface -- List of abbreviations -- Glossary -- 1. Beyond the control of the state -- 2. A Warlord's fresh attempt at Empire -- 3. The Rajput of pre-Mughal North India -- 4. Politics and entrepreneurship of a 'spurious' Rajput clan -- 5. Bhojpuri soldiering and the vicissitudes of Empire -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index.
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TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Labor supply-- India-- History.
Manpower-- India-- History.
Soldiers-- India-- History.
15.75 history of Asia.
Arbeidsmarkt.
Etnische groepen.
Guerriers-- Inde-- Histoire.
Labor supply.
Manpower.
Militairen.
Paysannerie-- Inde (nord)-- 1500-1800.
Rajput (peuple de l'Inde)-- 1500-1800.
Recruiting and enlistment.
Soldats-- Inde (nord)-- 1500-1800.
Soldiers.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
India, Armed Forces, Recruiting, enlistment, etc., History.