Long Conquest - Territorialisation, Rebellion Tribe in Eastern India, Circa 1760 to

This book is an inquiry into the elision of the figure of the sovereign, cotton producing Garo in the colonial archive and its savage transformation into imperialism's quintessential 'primitive' in the period between 1760 CE and 1900 CE.

List of contents

Introduction 1. At the cusp of Company rule: Garo Cotton and Sovereignty 2. The Figure of the Insurgent: the Garo Peasant Rebel 3. The Customs of Conquest: Legal Primitivism and British Paramountcy 4. The Apportionment of Sovereignty: The Duars and Gird Garo 5. Becoming 'Primitive' under Colonial Modernity. Epilogue: Perceiving Absence

About the author

Sanghamitra Misra is Professor of Modern Indian History at the Department of History, University of Delhi, India. She researches the intersecting dimensions of economic and legal history in the context of conquest, colonization, 'primitivism' and resistance. She has authored Becoming a Borderland: The Politics of Space and Identity in Colonial Northeastern India (Routledge, 2011) and several articles in academic journals.

Product details

• Authors: Sanghamitra Misra, Misra Sanghamitra
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.08.2025
• EAN: 9781032619156
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3261915-6
• No. of pages: 270
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Ethnic Studies, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, India, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Colonialism & imperialism, Social and cultural history, Colonialism and imperialism, Asian History, C 1700 To C 1800, Later 18th century c 1750 to c 1799, HISTORY / Asia / South / India, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Eastern India, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity