From Mutiny to Revolt Women and the Beginning of 1857 Pinch Hardback

Name: From Mutiny to Revolt Women and the Beginning of 1857 Pinch Hardback
Brand: Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press

From Mutiny to RevoltWomen and the Beginning of 1857\nAuthor(s): William R. Pinch\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521885317, 978-0521885317\nSynopsis\nWhy did the nonviolent Meerut mutiny of 1857 in India explode into a violent military revolt? Breaking new ground on the events of May 10, William Pinch reexamines the evidence, shifting our focus toward the identity of female participants and their actions in the hours before the revolt began. Drawing upon a wide range of sources, including Hindi folksongs, military records, police reports, literary fiction, and Urdu memoir, he creates snapshots from the perspective of key figures to uncover the social and emotional world of the military 'cantonment' and its rural hinterland. By foregrounding the lives of ordinary 'military women' and 'their men' - the Indian sepoys who peopled the revolt - Pinch challenges conventional narratives and guides re.