{"product_id":"imperial-connections-4-thomas-r-metcalf-9780520258051","title":"Imperial Connections: India in the Indian Ocean Arena, 1860-1920 Volume 4","description":"An innovative remapping of empire, \u003ci\u003eImperial Connections \u003c\/i\u003eoffers 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 interests of colonial India and Britain alike. Metcalf examines such topics as law codes and administrative forms as they were shaped by Indian precedents; the Indian Army's role in securing Malaya, Africa, and Mesopotamia for the empire; the employment of Indians, especially Sikhs, in colonial policing; and the transformation of East Africa into what was almost a province of India through the construction of the Uganda railway. He concludes with a look at the decline of this Indian Ocean system after 1920 and considers how far India's participation in it opened opportunities for Indians to be a colonizing as well as a colonized people.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas R. Metcalf\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520258053\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520258051\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Thomas R. Metcalf","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056215781631,"sku":"9780520258051","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_72938cb2-1053-4cf0-8990-fb7f22bacf6f.jpg?v=1685040136","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/imperial-connections-4-thomas-r-metcalf-9780520258051","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}