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Placing the frontier : law, custom, and knowledge in British North-East India / Reeju Ray.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ray, Reeju, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Boundaries.
- India--History.
- India.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (225 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- This book is about the entanglements between colonial law, space, and place in regions defined as frontiers in British India.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Placing the Frontier in British North-East India
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgements
- My Place
- 1. Law, Space, and Place: An Introduction
- 2. Frontiers of Law
- 3. Games of Jurisdictions
- 4. Colonial Governance and Customary Authority
- 5. 'Tribes of Trees' and 'Economical Geology': Narrating Space and People
- 6. Narratives of Continuity
- 7. Place-Making
- Conclusion
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Ray, Reeju Placing the Frontier in British North-East India
- ISBN:
- 0-19-198179-6
- 0-19-288709-2
- 0-19-288710-6
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