Douglas M Peers
Biographic Data
| ID | 1045898 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Douglas M Peers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Douglas M |
| FAMILY NAME | Peers |
| SIGNATURE | PEERS D M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Calgary |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1159-1208 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 33 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 50 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 32 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Warfare and Empires: Contact and Conflict Between European and Non-European Military and Maritime Forces and Cultures
Revolution, Evolution, or Devolution: The Military and the Making of Colonial India
Christianity in India: The anti-colonial turn
Christianity and colonisation are frequently and often uncritically assumed to be synonymous, or at the very least Christianity is depicted as fully and knowingly complicit in the spread of Europea
Mark Condos. The Insecurity State: Punjab and the Making of Colonial Power in British India
On a trip to India in April 2019, I was struck by the many events, ceremonies, public displays, and publications in print and in social media commemorating the hundredth anniversary of the Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre, wherein hundreds of unarmed civilians in Punjab were shot by troops of the Indian Army in a violent, deliberate, and performative display of colonial authority. While few commentators would dispute the significance of this event in s…
Defending British India against Napoleon: The Foreign Policy of Governor-General Lord Minto, 1807–1813, by Amita Das, ed. and updated by Aditya Das
A Military History of Afghanistan: From the Great Game to the Global War on Terror
Imperial vice: Sex, drink and the health of British troops in North Indian cantonments, 1800–1858
British medical and military thinking in the nineteenth century had pinpointed Indian society as the primary source of social diseases. 1858 is often depicted as the watershed in the medical history of the British Army, both at home and abroad. This chapter looks at the problems posed by venereal diseases and alcohol, and the strategies pursued to combat cantonments. It sketches how military requirements, and North Indian military culture, shaped…
Integrating the Atlantic and Indian Oceans
Selling Empire is a fascinating foray into the entangled histories of consumption and production in India, colonial America, and Britain. We are shown the reasons for and consequences of the shift from an early three-way relationship marked by colonial rule in America and trade with independent states in India in the seventeenth and first half of the eighteenth centuries, to trade with an independent America and colonial rule in India by the end …
Warfare and Empires: Contact and Conflict between European and Non-European Military and Maritime Forces and Cultures
Contents: Introduction Armed forces and the expansion of Europe: Ideology and conflict: the wars of the Ottoman Empire, 1453a 1606, John F. Guilmartin, Jr. The French King wakes up in Detroit: a Pontiaca (TM)s Wara (TM) in rumour and history, Gregory Evans Dowd Fortifications and the a ideaa (TM) of force in early English East India Company relations with India, I. Bruce Watson Military revolution or military evolution: Saint Barbaraa (TM)s legio…
The Imperial Security State: British colonial knowledge and empire-building in Asia by James Hevia (review)
Reviewed by: The Imperial Security State: British colonial knowledge and empire-building in Asia by James Hevia Douglas M. Peers The Imperial Security State: British colonial knowledge and empire-building in Asia By James Hevia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. The Imperial Security State, a volume in the Critical Perspectives on Empire series, is an elegant, thoughtful and often provocative analysis of how security imperatives dictat…
The Elusive West and the Contest for Empire, 1713–1763
India and the British Empire
The essays in this collection address a number of these important developments, delineating not only the complicated interplay between imperial rulers and their subjects in India, but also illuminating the economic, political, environmental, social, cultural, ideological, and intellectual contexts which informed, and were in turn informed by, these interactions. Particular attention is paid to a cluster of binary oppositions that have hitherto fr…
Kaushik Roy, Brown Warriors of the Raj Recruitment and the Mechanics of Command in the Second Army, 1859–1913 (New Delhi: (Manohar), 2008, pp. 350
Advancing with the Army: Medicine, the Professions, and Social Mobility in the British Isles 1790-1850 , by Marcus Ackroyd, Laurence Brockliss, Michael Moss, Kate Retford, and John Stevenson
Reviewed by: Advancing with the Army: Medicine, the Professions, and Social Mobility in the British Isles 1790–1850 Douglas M. Peers (bio) Advancing with the Army: Medicine, the Professions, and Social Mobility in the British Isles 1790–1850, by Marcus Ackroyd, Laurence Brockliss, Michael Moss, Kate Retford and John Stevenson; pp. xv + 376. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2007, £68.00, $120.00. Advancing with the Army is not about m…
Gunpowder Empires and the Garrison State: Modernity, Hybridity, and the Political Economy of Colonial India, Circa 1750-1860
Research Article| August 01 2007 Gunpowder Empires and the Garrison State: Modernity, Hybridity, and the Political Economy of Colonial India, Circa 1750-1860 Douglas M. Peers Douglas M. Peers Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (2007) 27 (2): 245–258. https://doi.org/10.1215/1089201x-2007-003 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Suppleme…
A History of Modern India 1480-1950 (review)
Reviewed by: A History of Modern India 1480–1950 by Claude Markovits Douglas M. Peers A History of Modern India 1480–1950. By Claude Markovits. London: Anthem, 2004. Twenty years ago, instructors like myself teaching survey courses on modern Indian history had few textbooks from which they could choose. The situation has improved markedly since that time, with the old stalwarts by Stanley Wolpert, Judith Brown and Percival Spear being joined by w…
The Anglo-Maratha Campaigns and the Contest for India: The Struggle for Control of the South Asian Military Economy (review)
Reviewed by: The Anglo-Maratha Campaigns and the Contest for India: the Struggle for Control of the South Asian Military Economy by Randolf G.S. Cooper Douglas M Peers The Anglo-Maratha Campaigns and the Contest for India: the Struggle for Control of the South Asian Military Economy. By Randolf G.S. Cooper. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. Historians interested in the “hows” as much as the “whys” of British rule in India will be grate…
Colonial knowledge and the military in India, 1780–1860
Military officers and surgeons played a critical role in the collection, analysis and dissemination of knowledge in colonial India. Yet the little attention to date that has been directed at scholars with military backgrounds has treated their army service as incidental to, rather than formative of, their contributions to knowledge of India. While not all were actively engaged in intellectual pursuits, a surprisingly large number of orientalists …
Reading Empire, Chasing Tikka Masala: The Contested State of Imperial History
Gordon and the Sudan: Prologue to the Mahdiyya, 1877-1880 , by Alice Moore-Harell
The New Imperial Economy: The British Army and the American Frontier (review)
Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History - Volume 2, Number 3, Winter 2001
Warfare and Empires: Contact and Conflict between European and Non-European Military and Maritime Forces and Cultures
Privates off Parade: Regimenting Sexuality in the Nineteenth-Century Indian Empire
been unfavourably mentioned to the Governor General. It is stated that he appears in public with a Mussulmanee [Muslim woman], who eloped from some Nawab's [Muslim noble] house. This in such a place as Afghanistan is obviously most indecent and may lead to some very unpleasant consequences. Find out, if you please, without public enquiry, whether Capt. Bfesant] has done what I have stated even once, and if so, direct him without delay to proceed …
British Imperialism and the Dynamics of Race, Gender, and Class in the Long Nineteenth Century
Those Noble Exemplars of the True Military Tradition'; Constructions of the Indian Army in the Mid-Victorian Press
This paper is directed first at identifying where and by whom military influences or topics manifested themselves in the periodical pressʼns coverage of India in the period up to the Indian Rebellion. How such manifestations changed over time, as well as the convergence of Anglo-Indian and British newspapers and magazines on Indian topics, will form an important component of this study. Stemming from these initial enquiries, I will further sugges…
The Habitual Nobility of Being: British Officers and the Social Construction of the Bengal Army in the Early Nineteenth Century
The ethnocentric and racialist overtones of the Victorian empire have long been acknowledged. Most work in this field has generally centred on the mid to late nineteenth century and, by emphasizing the intellectual and cultural currents in domestic society, has focused our attention on the metropole. This reveals only part of the equation; British attitudes towards the outside world arose from a complex matrix of ideas, assumptions and contacts t…
Privates off Parade: Regimenting Sexuality in the Nineteenth-Century Indian Empire
been unfavourably mentioned to the Governor General. It is stated that he appears in public with a Mussulmanee [Muslim woman], who eloped from some Nawab's [Muslim noble] house. This in such a place as Afghanistan is obviously most indecent and may lead to some very unpleasant consequences. Find out, if you please, without public enquiry, whether Capt. Bfesant] has done what I have stated even once, and if so, direct him without delay to proceed …
Sepoys, soldiers and the Lash: Race, Caste and Army Discipline in India, 1820–50
(1995). Sepoys, soldiers and the Lash: Race, Caste and Army Discipline in India, 1820–50. The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History: Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 211-247
Gunpowder Empires and the Garrison State: Modernity, Hybridity, and the Political Economy of Colonial India, Circa 1750-1860
Research Article| August 01 2007 Gunpowder Empires and the Garrison State: Modernity, Hybridity, and the Political Economy of Colonial India, Circa 1750-1860 Douglas M. Peers Douglas M. Peers Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (2007) 27 (2): 245–258. https://doi.org/10.1215/1089201x-2007-003 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Suppleme…
Colonial knowledge and the military in India, 1780–1860
Military officers and surgeons played a critical role in the collection, analysis and dissemination of knowledge in colonial India. Yet the little attention to date that has been directed at scholars with military backgrounds has treated their army service as incidental to, rather than formative of, their contributions to knowledge of India. While not all were actively engaged in intellectual pursuits, a surprisingly large number of orientalists …
Between Mars and Mammon; the East India Company and Efforts to Reform its Army, 1796–1832
The history of the East India Company's rule of India is marked by sporadic outbursts of civil-military conflict. It was not unknown in India for European officers to down tools and commit acts that bordered on outright mutiny. Perhaps this could be expected when, on the one hand, the Company, as a commercial body, sought to maximize its profits, while on the other, the army was essentially a mercenary force, ever grasping for a larger slice of t…
War and Public Finance in Early Nineteenth-Century British India: The First Burma War
(1989). War and Public Finance in Early Nineteenth-Century British India: The First Burma War. The International History Review: Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 628-647
Those Noble Exemplars of the True Military Tradition'; Constructions of the Indian Army in the Mid-Victorian Press
This paper is directed first at identifying where and by whom military influences or topics manifested themselves in the periodical pressʼns coverage of India in the period up to the Indian Rebellion. How such manifestations changed over time, as well as the convergence of Anglo-Indian and British newspapers and magazines on Indian topics, will form an important component of this study. Stemming from these initial enquiries, I will further sugges…
Soldiers, Scholars, and the Scottish Enlightenment: Militarism in Early Nineteenth-Century India
an article recently published in this journal, Martha McLaren makes a compelling case for the reintroduction of ideas into the debate over who and what drove the British conquests in early nineteenth-century India and the subsequent drive for consolidation.1 By linking the intellectual world of eighteenth-century Scotland with the administrative circles of early nineteenth-century India, she shows that ideas did matter to officials such as Thomas…
The Duke of Wellington and British India during the Liverpool administration, 1819–27
The Duke of Wellington and British India during the Liverpool administration, 1819–27
War and Public Finance in Early Nineteenth-Century British India: The First Burma War
(1989). War and Public Finance in Early Nineteenth-Century British India: The First Burma War. The International History Review: Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 628-647
Between Mars and Mammon; the East India Company and Efforts to Reform its Army, 1796–1832
The history of the East India Company's rule of India is marked by sporadic outbursts of civil-military conflict. It was not unknown in India for European officers to down tools and commit acts that bordered on outright mutiny. Perhaps this could be expected when, on the one hand, the Company, as a commercial body, sought to maximize its profits, while on the other, the army was essentially a mercenary force, ever grasping for a larger slice of t…
The Habitual Nobility of Being: British Officers and the Social Construction of the Bengal Army in the Early Nineteenth Century
The ethnocentric and racialist overtones of the Victorian empire have long been acknowledged. Most work in this field has generally centred on the mid to late nineteenth century and, by emphasizing the intellectual and cultural currents in domestic society, has focused our attention on the metropole. This reveals only part of the equation; British attitudes towards the outside world arose from a complex matrix of ideas, assumptions and contacts t…
Soldiers, Scholars, and the Scottish Enlightenment: Militarism in Early Nineteenth-Century India
an article recently published in this journal, Martha McLaren makes a compelling case for the reintroduction of ideas into the debate over who and what drove the British conquests in early nineteenth-century India and the subsequent drive for consolidation.1 By linking the intellectual world of eighteenth-century Scotland with the administrative circles of early nineteenth-century India, she shows that ideas did matter to officials such as Thomas…
Sepoys, soldiers and the Lash: Race, Caste and Army Discipline in India, 1820–50
(1995). Sepoys, soldiers and the Lash: Race, Caste and Army Discipline in India, 1820–50. The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History: Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 211-247
Empire-Building and Empire-Builders: Twelve Studies , by Edward Ingram
"Empire-Building and Empire-Builders: Twelve Studies, by Edward Ingram." Canadian Journal of History, 31(3), pp. 464–465
Green Imperialism: Colonial Expansion, Tropical Island Edens and the Origins of Environmentalism, 1600-1860
Those Noble Exemplars of the True Military Tradition'; Constructions of the Indian Army in the Mid-Victorian Press
This paper is directed first at identifying where and by whom military influences or topics manifested themselves in the periodical pressʼns coverage of India in the period up to the Indian Rebellion. How such manifestations changed over time, as well as the convergence of Anglo-Indian and British newspapers and magazines on Indian topics, will form an important component of this study. Stemming from these initial enquiries, I will further sugges…
Privates off Parade: Regimenting Sexuality in the Nineteenth-Century Indian Empire
been unfavourably mentioned to the Governor General. It is stated that he appears in public with a Mussulmanee [Muslim woman], who eloped from some Nawab's [Muslim noble] house. This in such a place as Afghanistan is obviously most indecent and may lead to some very unpleasant consequences. Find out, if you please, without public enquiry, whether Capt. Bfesant] has done what I have stated even once, and if so, direct him without delay to proceed …
British Imperialism and the Dynamics of Race, Gender, and Class in the Long Nineteenth Century
Warfare and Empires: Contact and Conflict between European and Non-European Military and Maritime Forces and Cultures
The New Imperial Economy: The British Army and the American Frontier (review)
Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History - Volume 2, Number 3, Winter 2001
Gordon and the Sudan: Prologue to the Mahdiyya, 1877-1880 , by Alice Moore-Harell
Reading Empire, Chasing Tikka Masala: The Contested State of Imperial History
A History of Modern India 1480-1950 (review)
Reviewed by: A History of Modern India 1480–1950 by Claude Markovits Douglas M. Peers A History of Modern India 1480–1950. By Claude Markovits. London: Anthem, 2004. Twenty years ago, instructors like myself teaching survey courses on modern Indian history had few textbooks from which they could choose. The situation has improved markedly since that time, with the old stalwarts by Stanley Wolpert, Judith Brown and Percival Spear being joined by w…
The Anglo-Maratha Campaigns and the Contest for India: The Struggle for Control of the South Asian Military Economy (review)
Reviewed by: The Anglo-Maratha Campaigns and the Contest for India: the Struggle for Control of the South Asian Military Economy by Randolf G.S. Cooper Douglas M Peers The Anglo-Maratha Campaigns and the Contest for India: the Struggle for Control of the South Asian Military Economy. By Randolf G.S. Cooper. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. Historians interested in the “hows” as much as the “whys” of British rule in India will be grate…
Colonial knowledge and the military in India, 1780–1860
Military officers and surgeons played a critical role in the collection, analysis and dissemination of knowledge in colonial India. Yet the little attention to date that has been directed at scholars with military backgrounds has treated their army service as incidental to, rather than formative of, their contributions to knowledge of India. While not all were actively engaged in intellectual pursuits, a surprisingly large number of orientalists …
Gunpowder Empires and the Garrison State: Modernity, Hybridity, and the Political Economy of Colonial India, Circa 1750-1860
Research Article| August 01 2007 Gunpowder Empires and the Garrison State: Modernity, Hybridity, and the Political Economy of Colonial India, Circa 1750-1860 Douglas M. Peers Douglas M. Peers Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (2007) 27 (2): 245–258. https://doi.org/10.1215/1089201x-2007-003 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Suppleme…
Advancing with the Army: Medicine, the Professions, and Social Mobility in the British Isles 1790-1850 , by Marcus Ackroyd, Laurence Brockliss, Michael Moss, Kate Retford, and John Stevenson
Reviewed by: Advancing with the Army: Medicine, the Professions, and Social Mobility in the British Isles 1790–1850 Douglas M. Peers (bio) Advancing with the Army: Medicine, the Professions, and Social Mobility in the British Isles 1790–1850, by Marcus Ackroyd, Laurence Brockliss, Michael Moss, Kate Retford and John Stevenson; pp. xv + 376. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2007, £68.00, $120.00. Advancing with the Army is not about m…
Kaushik Roy, Brown Warriors of the Raj Recruitment and the Mechanics of Command in the Second Army, 1859–1913 (New Delhi: (Manohar), 2008, pp. 350
India and the British Empire
The essays in this collection address a number of these important developments, delineating not only the complicated interplay between imperial rulers and their subjects in India, but also illuminating the economic, political, environmental, social, cultural, ideological, and intellectual contexts which informed, and were in turn informed by, these interactions. Particular attention is paid to a cluster of binary oppositions that have hitherto fr…
The Imperial Security State: British colonial knowledge and empire-building in Asia by James Hevia (review)
Reviewed by: The Imperial Security State: British colonial knowledge and empire-building in Asia by James Hevia Douglas M. Peers The Imperial Security State: British colonial knowledge and empire-building in Asia By James Hevia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. The Imperial Security State, a volume in the Critical Perspectives on Empire series, is an elegant, thoughtful and often provocative analysis of how security imperatives dictat…
The Elusive West and the Contest for Empire, 1713–1763
Imperial vice: Sex, drink and the health of British troops in North Indian cantonments, 1800–1858
British medical and military thinking in the nineteenth century had pinpointed Indian society as the primary source of social diseases. 1858 is often depicted as the watershed in the medical history of the British Army, both at home and abroad. This chapter looks at the problems posed by venereal diseases and alcohol, and the strategies pursued to combat cantonments. It sketches how military requirements, and North Indian military culture, shaped…
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