Placing the Frontier in British North East India: Law, Custom, Knowledge is a significant contribution to our understanding North East India. The book is located within the fields of colonial legal history, law and society, and indigenous studies and demonstrates how historical research engages with these fields of study by highlighting key concepts, arguments and theoretical approaches. Further the book identifies predicaments between frontier governance and historical prejudices on frontier people. A stimulating study with refreshing interpretation.
Dr Reeju Ray is an Associate Professor at O.P. Jindal Global University. She has a Ph.D. in History from Queen's University, Canada. Her area of expertise is Southern Asian History, and her research interests include Legal History, Human Geography, Memory Studies, and Global Indigenous Studies.