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1 online resource |
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data file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
"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 experiences in letters sent home to Scotland. Drawing on thorough research of the military, political, and economic events of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and an extensive collection of family letters that depict the lives and personalities of his ancestors, Alexander Charles Baillie brings the history of British India to life. The compelling documents, lost for over a century with many reproduced here, reveal changing race relations and social attitudes, cultural tensions, military and civilian battles, economic pressures, and the rise and decline of the East India Company. The book focuses especially on two members of the family--William of Dunain, a military officer, and John of Leys, a civil servant--whose numerous adventures and misadventures impart provocative clues about the workings of the empire and the daily lives of its most influential figures. An exciting, invaluable, and personalized glimpse into the past of India, Scotland, and the East India Company, Call of Empire will appeal to genealogy enthusiasts, and social and global historians."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
East India Company.
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East India Company. |
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Bailey family.
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Bailey family. |
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British -- India -- History -- 18th century.
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British. |
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India. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
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British -- India -- History -- 19th century.
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| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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Great Britain -- Colonies -- India -- History -- 19th century.
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Great Britain. |
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Colonies. |
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Great Britain -- Colonies -- India -- History -- 18th century.
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India -- Economic conditions -- 18th century.
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Economic conditions. |
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India -- Economic conditions -- 19th century.
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India -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 18th century.
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Ethnic relations. |
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India -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 19th century.
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India -- History, Military -- 18th century.
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History, Military. |
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India -- History, Military -- 19th century.
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| Chronological Term |
1700-1899 |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Military history.
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| Other Form: |
Baillie, Alexander Charles, 1939- Call of empire.: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2017 (CaOONL)20179040545 |
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Print version: Baillie, Alexander Charles, 1939- Call of empire. Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2017] 0773551247 9780773551244 (DLC) 2017479597 (OCoLC)991530782 |
| ISBN |
9780773552067 (ePDF) |
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0773552065 |
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9780773552074 (ePUB) |
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0773552073 |
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9780773551244 |
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