Statemaking and Territory in South Asia - Lessons From the Anglogorkha War (18141816)

Informationen zum Autor Bernardo A. Michael Klappentext This volume seeks to understand how European colonization transformed the organization of territory in South Asia through an examination of the territorial disputes that underlay the Anglo-Gorkha War of 1814?1816 and subsequent efforts of the colonial state to reorder its territories. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Maps, Plates and Tables; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Statemaking, Cultures of Governance and the Anglo–Gorkha War of 1814–1816; Chapter 2: The Agrarian Environment and the Production of Space on the Anglo–Gorkha Frontier; Chapter 3: The Champaran–Tarriaini Frontier; Chapter 4: The Gorakhpur–Butwal Frontier; Chapter 5: The Disjointed Spaces of Precolonial Territorial Divisions; Chapter 6: Making States Legible: Maps, Surveys and Boundaries; Chapter 7: Conclusion; Glossary; Notes; Archival Sources; Bibliography; Index

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Bernardo A Michael, Bernardo A. Michael, Michael Bernardo A.
• Editore: Anthem Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 15.12.2012
• EAN: 9780857285195
• ISBN: 978-0-85728-519-5
• Pagine: 250
• Serie: Anthem South Asian Studies; Anthem Modern South Asian History
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; HISTORY / Asia / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Colonialism & imperialism, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Colonialism and imperialism, Asian History, HISTORY / Asia / South / General