Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 236 pages) : map |
Series |
Transition in Northeastern India ; [2] |
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Transition in Northeastern India ; 2.
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Contents |
1. The political economy of state-making in a pre-colonial 'frontier' -- 2. Practices of sovereignty, practices of the market and early colonialism -- 3. Colonial spaces : land, law and migration -- 4. Framing a region : politics of speech in a borderland -- 5. Histories, memories and identities -- 6. Conclusion |
Summary |
This book discusses the politics of space and identity in the borderlands of northeastern India between the early 1800s and the 1930s. Critiquing contemporary post-colonial histories where this region emerges as fragments, this book sees these perspectives as continuing to be entrapped in a civilizational approach to history writing. Beginning in the pre-colonial period where it focuses on the negotiated character of state-formation during the Mughal imperium, the book then enters the space of the colonial where it looks at some of the early interventions of the East India Company. The anal |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-229) and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Group identity -- India, Northeastern
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HISTORY -- Asia -- India & South Asia.
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British colonies
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Group identity
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SUBJECT |
India, Northeastern -- History -- 19th century
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India, Northeastern -- History -- 20th century
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Great Britain -- Colonies -- India, Northeastern -- History
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Great Britain -- Colonies -- History.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056645
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Subject |
Northeastern India
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781136197222 |
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1136197222 |
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