The mutiny and the merchants
Roy, T.
(2016).
The mutiny and the merchants.
Historical Journal,
59(02), 393-416.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0018246X15000370
(2016).
The mutiny and the merchants.
Historical Journal,
59(02), 393-416.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0018246X15000370
The historiography of the Indian mutiny (1857–8) suggests that livelihood classes responded to the episode differently, but pays more attention to the agricultural classes than the urban commercial ones in studying the response. This article revises the economic history of the rebellion by showing that commercial interests were influenced by concerns over security of property, and that they, as much as landed interests, shaped the course of the rebellion.