Above this clustered a whole range of social and economic forces which determined the propensity to revolt and it was the specific decisions of British officers and Indian leaders which helped translate these propensities into historical action." Welcome back. There was a problem loading your book clubs. Indian Economic and Social History Association, Book Reviews : ERIC STOKES, The Peasant Armed. Fast, FREE delivery, video streaming, music, and much more. Prime members enjoy Free Two-Day Shipping, Free Same-Day or One-Day Delivery to select areas, Prime Video, Prime Music, Prime Reading, and more. Lean Library can solve it. 0000015498 00000 n 0000015660 00000 n Eric Thomas Stokes (1924–1981) was a historian of South Asia, especially early-modern and colonial India, and of the British Empire. Unable to add item to List. I have read and accept the terms and conditions, View permissions information for this article, Click the button below for the full-text content, 24 hours online access to download content. He was the author of The Peasant and the Raj: Studies in Agrarian Society and Peasant Rebellion in Colonial India and The Peasant Armed: The Indian Revolt of 1857. This book provides an in-depth analysis of the roots of the rebellion and the various rural groups that participated in the revolt against the English. By continuing to browse Use the Amazon App to scan ISBNs and compare prices. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. The Peasant Armed: The Indian Revolt of 1857: Amazon.ca: Stokes, Eric, Bayly, C. A.: Books. JMJ��7MWI2X2A���30. Please try again. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. 0000015606 00000 n To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. The Peasant Armed: The Indian Revolt of 1857, as per note of editor Christopher Bayly, represented a major historical revision typical of British historians of the 1960-1970s, and were to be studies in the Lower Doab, Indian agrarian tracts covered by Chief Commissioner of Oudh, the Commissioner of Benares and Western Bihar in mid nineteenth century. For him the question was no longer whether the uprising was a mutiny or a civil rebellion. �Õs��D��逫š�.��p�:� The Peasant Armed The Peasant Armed by Eric Stokes, The Peasant Armed Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. Be the first to ask a question about The Peasant Armed. 0000012773 00000 n Try Prime EN Hello, Sign in Account & Lists Sign in Account & Lists Returns & Orders Try Prime Cart. Please check you selected the correct society from the list and entered the user name and password you use to log in to your society website. Sir Christopher Bayly, who has died suddenly aged 69, was the pre-eminent historian of India and the British empire and a pioneer of the field of global history. 261. 0000004001 00000 n 0000009069 00000 n To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. 0000006924 00000 n If you have an individual subscription to this content, or if you have purchased this content through Pay Per Article within the past 24 hours, you can gain access by logging in with your username and password here: This site uses cookies. No Kindle device required. 0000005766 00000 n When Eric Stokes, the foremost British historian of India of his generation, died in 1981, he left behind in this work a substantial part of what would have been his definitive statement on the social origins of the Indian Mutiny-rebellion of 1857. Eric Thomas Stokes (1924–1981) was a historian of South Asia, especially early-modern and colonial India, and of the British Empire. xref Hundreds of titles on rural history had appeared.23 In 1976, Eric Stokes announced the "return of the peasant" to colonial history.24 Guides to sources promoted more local research.25 Insurgency attracted special attention. Contact us if you experience any difficulty logging in. trailer 0000007509 00000 n Download one of the Free Kindle apps to start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, and computer. Some society journals require you to create a personal profile, then activate your society account, You are adding the following journals to your email alerts, Did you struggle to get access to this article? The Peasant Armed: The Indian Revolt of 1857. Please try again. The debate moved on to another and more sophisticated level with Eric Stokes. 1354 0 obj <> endobj Rather, the question was how the mutiny turned into a popular insurrection. 0000009664 00000 n Bayly mentions that the chapters in "The Peasant Armed", demonstrate a slow modification of the notion that caste was the key category of revolt or, in any simple sense, the basic unit of Indian rural society.