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Author Metcalf, Thomas R., 1934- author.

Title Imperial connections : India in the Indian Ocean arena, 1860-1920 / Thomas R. Metcalf.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [2007]
©2007
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Description 1 online resource (xv, 264 pages) : illustrations, map.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series The California world history library ; 4
California world history library ; 4.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-252) and index.
Summary An innovative remapping of empire, Imperial Connections offers a broad-ranging view of the workings of the British Empire in the period when the India of the Raj stood at the center of a newly globalized system of trade, investment, and migration. Thomas R. Metcalf argues that India itself became a nexus of imperial power that made possible British conquest, control, and governance across a wide arc of territory stretching from Africa to eastern Asia. His book, offering a new perspective on how imperialism operates, emphasizes transcolonial interactions and webs of influence that advanced the.
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Subject India. Army -- Colonial forces -- Indian Ocean Region.
India. Army.
Indian Ocean Region.
Indian Ocean Region -- Colonization -- History.
Colonization.
History.
East Indians -- Colonization -- Indian Ocean Region -- History.
East Indians.
East Indians -- Employment -- Indian Ocean Region -- History.
East Indians -- Employment.
Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa -- Administration.
Great Britain.
Colonies.
Africa.
Administration.
Great Britain -- Colonies -- Asia -- Administration.
Asia.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Metcalf, Thomas R., 1934- Imperial connections. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2007 9780520249462 0520249461 (DLC) 2006021611 (OCoLC)70230721
ISBN 9780520933330 (electronic book)
0520933338 (electronic book)
9781429471800 (electronic book)
1429471808 (electronic book)
9780520249462
0520249461

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