Enlisting Strategies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23716471 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Omissi (University of Hull, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Pages | 47-75 |
| Publication date | 1994-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Sepoy and the Raj (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan UK (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/978-1-349-14768-7_2 |
| OpenAlex | W4232492246 |
| ISBN | 9781349147687 |
| Language | EN |
The Indian Army has often been described as a mercenary force. Its peasant-soldiers left the land to escape poverty, and served in the ranks to supplement their meagre income from the soil. They enlisted and fought, so this argument runs, not to win honour or from selfless loyalty to the Raj, but for the tangible gains of pay, pensions and land. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
Ancient history · Argument (complex analysis) · Development economics · Economics · Honour · Loyalty · Peasant · Political science · Poverty · Sociology · History · Law · Medicine · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · South Asian Studies and Conflicts
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |