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Army, Ethnicity and Society in British India

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Author(s): Barkawi, Tarak
Barkawi, Tarak - Army, Ethnicity and Society in British India Keywords: British Indian army | colonial society | ethnicity | Henry Lawrence | military organization | Second World War Abstract: This chapter discusses power, ethnicity and military organization in British imperial context, and of the 'class' or communal organization of the post-mutiny Indian Army. It turns to the character of ethnic relations in the Indian Army in the Second World War. The chapter takes up the question of military anthropol…