Indo-Burma Frontier and the Making of the Chin Hills: Empire and Resistance

ISBN-13: 9781138384606 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 244 str.

Pum Khan Pau

Opis

This book examines the British colonial expansion in the so-called ‘unadministered’ hill tracts of the Indo-Burma frontier and the change of colonial policy from non-intervention to intervention. It provides an extensive account of British relations with the indigenous Chin/Zo community from 1824 to 1935.

Spis treści

Foreword. List of Illustrations and Tables. List of Abbreviations. Preface. Foreword. Introduction 1. Situating the Indo-Burma Frontier within the Larger Context of British Imperial Policy 2. Frontier Policy: Problem of the Arakan Frontier 3. Manipur Frontier: Kamhau-Sukte and Meitei Relations 4. Colonial Penetration: Explorations, Expeditions and Resistance 5. Colonial Policy Backfired: Disarmament and Resistance 6. Administrative Developments: ‘Indirect Rule’ and the Making of Colonial ‘Agents’ 7. The Chin Hills District: Towards Consolidation. Conclusion. Glossary. Appendices. Bibliography. Index

O autorze

Pum Khan Pau is Assistant Professor, Department of History, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India. He was Raman Post-Doctoral Fellow at Arizona State University, USA (2014–15). His area of specialisation is in the history of the indigenous tribes of the Indo-Burma borderlands during colonial and postcolonial times. He has published in the Indian Historical Review, Strategic Analysis, Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, Journal of Religion and Society, Journal of Burma Studies, Journal of Borderlands Studies, Small Wars and Insurgencies, and chapters in edited volumes.