The Chartist general : Charles James Napier, the conquest of Sind, and imperial liberalism
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The Chartist general : Charles James Napier, the conquest of Sind, and imperial liberalism
（Routledge studies in modern British history, 12）
Routledge, 2018, c2017
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"First issued in paperback 2018" -- T.p. verso
Bibliography: p. [343]-364
Includes index
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General Charles James Napier was sent to confront the tens of thousands of Chartist protestors marching through the cities of the North of England in the late 1830s. A well-known leftist who agreed with the Chartist demands for democracy, Napier managed to keep the peace. In South Asia, the same man would later provoke a war and conquer Sind. In this first-ever scholarly biography of Napier, Edward Beasley asks how the conventional depictions of the man as a peacemaker in England and a warmonger in Asia can be reconciled. Employing deep archival research and close readings of Napier's published books (ignored by prior scholars), this well-written volume demonstrates that Napier was a liberal imperialist who believed that if freedom was right for the people of England it was right for the people of Sind -- even if "freedom" had to be imposed by military force. Napier also confronted the messy aftermath of Western conquest, carrying out nation-building with mixed success, trying to end the honour killing of women, and eventually discovering the limits of imperial interference.
Table of Contents
Illustrations and Maps
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Liberalism and Napier
Part I: Boyhood and War
Chapter 1: Early Days
Chapter 2: A Soldier
Chapter 3: In America and France
Part II: The Radical Abroad and at Home
Chapter 4: Greece and the Greeks
Chapter 5: Cephalonia and the Greek Revolution
Chapter 6: Social Reform for Cephalonia
Chapter 7: Departure and Bereavement
Chapter 8: Australia and Idealism
Chapter 9: Flogging and Politics
Part III: The North of England
Chapter 10: The Coming of Chartism
Chapter 11: Command in the North
Chapter 12: The Long-Term Threat
Chapter 13: Newport and After
Part IV: The Conquest of Sind
Chapter 14: To India and Sind
Chapter 15: Napier's Motivations
Chapter 16: To and from the Battle of Miani
Chapter 17: The Battle of Dubba
Part V: 'In Scinde as in Cephalonia....'
Chapter 18: Victory in the Sun
Chapter 19: 'To Protect the Poor from Barbarian Tyranny!'
Chapter 20: Conflict and Decline
Part VI: Commander-in-Chief
Chapter 21: Home and Back
Chapter 22: Reforming the Army
Chapter 23: The Kohat Expedition
Chapter 24: The Mutinies of Charles James Napier
Conclusion: Napier, Liberalism, and Imperialism
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