Mizo Discovery of the British Raj - Empire and Religion in Northeast India, 18901920

Based on a wide range of research and enriched by sources newly digitised by the author, Kyle Jackson presents a history of Mizoram in Northeast India told from Indigenous perspectives of encounters with the British Empire in the early twentieth century.

List of contents

Illustrations; Maps; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Coming into View: Trade, Violence, Coercion (1870-1899); 2: Reading the Forest: Roads, Animals, Converts (1891-1912); 3 Adopting the Missionary: Messages, Commodities, Technologies (1894-1908); 4. Sensing the Mission: Hearing, Tasting, Harhna (1910s); 5. Crisis and Conversion: Bamboo, Debt, Disease (1906-1924); Conclusion; Glossary; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index.

About the author

Kyle Jackson teaches at Kwantlen Polytechnic University.

Product details

• Authors: Kyle Jackson, Kyle (Kwantlen Polytechnic University Jackson
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2025
• EAN: 9781009267328
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0926732-8
• No. of pages: 286
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, British Empire, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, RELIGION / Christianity / General, India, c 1800 to c 1900, Christianity, Colonialism & imperialism, c 1910 to c 1919, Colonialism and imperialism, Asian History, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909, c 1890 to c 1899, Decolonisation and postcolonial studies, HISTORY / Asia / South / India, North East India