At the Margins of Empire by Lipokmar Dzvich, Manjeet Baruah - 9781032596594

At the Margins of EmpireFrontiers and Boundaries in British India\nAuthor(s): Lipokmar Dzvich, Manjeet Baruah\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032596594, 978-1032596594\nSynopsis\nEmpire building in British India was inseparably tied to the processes of frontier-making and the creation of boundaries. Through a range of complex practices and developments, the constitution of these spaces took shape at various historical conjunctures. The making of these spaces was also shaped by a variety of imperial concerns, including local and global processes, connections, and entanglements. Focusing on the period between the 19th and the early 20th centuries, this book looks at how the dynamics of frontier and boundary creation were shaped by a variety of agents, institutions, infrastructure and technologies, events, economy, travel, forms of representation, and imperial rivalries. The role of capital, war, and violence was a.