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:

Oxford University Press 2023

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