Bøger af Lionel Caplan

Gurkhas, Nepali soldiers serving in the British and Indian armies, have inspired a considerable literature about their character, quality, and exploits under British command, much of it written by the officers who have selected, trained, and led them in war and peace. The author studies the rhetoric

Among the legacies of the colonial encounter are any number of contemporary "mixed-race" populations, descendants of the offspring of unions involving European men and local women. This book concerns one such group, the author exploring the links between colonial and post-colonial.