Placing the Frontier in British North-East India - Law, Custom, and Knowledge

This book is about the entanglements of colonial law, space, and place, in regions defined as frontiers in British India.

List of contents

• Acknowledgements


• List of Images


• Preface


• 1: Law, Space, and Place: An Introduction


• 2: Frontiers of Law


• 3: Games of Jurisdiction


• 4: Colonial Governance and Customary Authority


• 5: 'Tribe of Trees' and 'Economical Geography': Narrating Space and People


• 6: Narratives of Continuity


• 7: Place-Making


• Conclusion

About the author

Dr Reeju Ray is an Associate Professor at O.P. Jindal Global University. She has a Ph.D. in History from Queen's University, Canada. Her area of expertise is Southern Asian History, and her research interests include Legal History, Human Geography, Memory Studies, and Global Indigenous Studies.

Summary

This book is about the entanglements of colonial law, space, and place, in regions defined as frontiers in British India.

Additional text

Placing the Frontier in British North East India: Law, Custom, Knowledge is a significant contribution to our understanding North East India. The book is located within the fields of colonial legal history, law and society, and indigenous studies and demonstrates how historical research engages with these fields of study by highlighting key concepts, arguments and theoretical approaches. Further the book identifies predicaments between frontier governance and historical prejudices on frontier people. A stimulating study with refreshing interpretation.

Product details

• Authors: Dr Reeju (Associate Professor Ray, Reeju Ray
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.03.2023
• EAN: 9780192887085
• ISBN: 978-0-19-288708-5
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Asia / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, c 1500 onwards to present day, Social and cultural history, Asian History, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards