The frontier complex : geopolitics and the making of the India-China border, 1846-1962 / Kyle J. Gardner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gardner, Kyle, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boundaries.

History.

China--Boundaries--History--19th century.

China.

China--Boundaries--History--20th century.

India--Boundaries--History--19th century.

India.

India--Boundaries--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 280 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

Kyle J. Gardner reveals the transformation of the historical Himalayan entrepôt of Ladakh into a modern, disputed borderland through an examination of rare British, Indian, Ladakhi, and Kashmiri archival sources. In so doing, he provides both a history of the rise of geopolitics and the first comprehensive history of Ladakh's encounter with the British Empire. He examines how colonial border-making practices transformed geography into a political science and established principles that a network of imperial frontier experts would apply throughout the empire and bequeath to an independent India. Through analyzing the complex of imperial policies and practices, The Frontier Complex reveals how the colonial state transformed, and was transformed by, new ways of conceiving of territory. Yet, despite a century of attempts to craft a suitable border, the British failed. The result is an imperial legacy still playing out across the Himalayas.

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ISBN:

9781108886444

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