The Frontier Complex: Geopolitics and the Making of the India-China Border, 1846–1962 - Couverture rigide

Gardner, Kyle J.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1108840590 ISBN 13 : 9781108840590

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2021

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Kyle J. Gardner is a Non-Resident Scholar at the Sigur Center for Asian Studies at the George Washington University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1108840590
• ISBN 13: 9781108840590
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 300
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