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Statemaking and territory in South Asia : lessons from the Anglo-Gorkha War (1814-1816) / Bernardo A. Michael.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Michael, Bernardo A.
- Series:
- Anthem modern South Asian history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nepalese War, 1814-1816.
- Nation-building--Nepal--History--19th century.
- Nation-building.
- Nation-building--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Boundaries.
- Territorial expansion.
- Colonization.
- History.
- Nepal--Colonization.
- Nepal.
- Great Britain--Territorial expansion.
- Great Britain.
- Nepal--Boundaries--India.
- India--Boundaries--Nepal.
- India.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 232 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Anthem Press, 2012.
- Summary:
- This is a historical account of the emergence of the boundary between Anglo-controlled-India and Gorkha (present-day Nepal). Michael (history, Messiah College) places the issue against the wider backdrop of colonial territorial formation, examining the territorial disputes between Gorkha and the English East India Company that led to the outbreak of the Anglo-Gorkha War of 1814-1816 and their connections to disputes of tribute, taxation, and tenurial claims pertaining to the geographical construction of the state, as well as the longer processes of colonial boundary formation whereby the colonial authorities sought to construct the internal administrative divisions, through various cartographic projects and changes in administrative routines, in pursuit of the geographical template of the modern state. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- Statemaking, Cultures of Governance and the Anglo-Gorkha War of 1814-1816
- The Agrarian Environment and the Production of Space on the Anglo-Gorkha Frontier
- The Champarani-Tarriani Frontier
- The Gorakhpur-Butwal Frontier
- The Disjointed Spaces of Precolonial Territorial Divisions
- Making States Visible : Maps, Surveys and Boundaries
- Glossary.
- Notes:
- "This title is also available as an ebook"--Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780857285195
- 085728519X
- OCLC:
- 783141519
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