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Category : Sino-Indian Border Dispute, 1957-
Languages : en
Pages : 43
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Problem Areas of the Northern Frontier of India and Other Related Questions
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sino-Indian Border Dispute, 1957-
Languages : en
Pages : 43
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British Imperialism and 'the Tribal Question'
Author: Robert FletcherPublisher:
ISBN: 0198729316
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
British Imperialism and 'The Tribal Question' reconstructs the history of Britain's presence in the deserts of the interwar Middle East, making the case for its significance to scholars of imperialism and of the region's past. It tells the story of what happened when the British Empire and Bedouin communities met on the desert frontiers between the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf. It traces the workings of the resulting practices of 'desert administration' from their origins in the wake of one World War to their eclipse after the next, as British officials, Bedouin shaykhs, and nationalist politicians jostled to influence desert affairs. Drawn to the commanding heights of political society in the region's towns and cities, historians have tended to afford frontier 'margins' merely marginal treatment. Instead, this volume combines the study of imperialism, nomads, and the desert itself to reveal the centrality of 'desert administration' to the working of Britain's empire, repositioning neglected frontier areas as nerve centres of imperial activity. British Imperialism and 'The Tribal Question' leads the shift in historians' attentions from the familiar, urban seats of power to the desert 'hinterlands' that have long been obscured.
The Northeast Question
Author: Pradip PhanjoubamPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317340035
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
This book explores the idea, psychology and political geography of Northeast India as forged by two interrelated but autonomous meta-narratives. First, the politics of conflict inherent in, and therefore predetermined by physical geography, and second, the larger geopolitics that was unfolding during the colonial period. Unravelling the history behind the turmoil engulfing Northeast India, the study contends that certain geographies — most pertinently fertile river valleys and surrounding mountains which feed the rivers — are integral to nature and any effort to disrupt this cohesion will result in conflict. It comprehensively traces the geopolitics of the region since colonial era — in particular the Great Game; the politics that went into the making of the McMahon Line, the Radcliffe Line and the Pemberton Line; the region’s relations with its international neighbours (China, Bhutan, Myanmar, Bangladesh and Nepal); as well as the issue of many formerly non-state-bearing populations awakening to the reality of the modern state. Lucid and analytical, this book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of Northeast India, modern Indian history, international relations, defence and strategic studies, and political science.
Guide to United States-J.P.R.S. Research Translations, 1957-1966
Author: The Problem of the North-West Frontier, 1890-1908
Author: C. Collin DaviesPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107662095
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
First published in 1932, this book presents a historical study of the problems associated with controlling the 'North-West Frontier' region of British India. The text focuses in the main on the period 1890 to 1908, although a survey of policy since 1849 is also provided. It was based almost entirely on analysis of numerous official documents and original sources, which are quoted throughout. Appendices and a select bibliography are included at the end. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in perspectives on British India and historiography.
Essays in Liberalism
Author: VariousPublisher: DigiCat
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
This book resulted from the series of lectures delivered at the Liberal Summer School at Oxford in the first ten days of August 1922. Being devoid of any influences of the political representatives of the Libel Party, these readings were inspired and organized by individuals who concluded that it was desirable to create a platform upon which such discussion could be carried on. Accordingly, the lectures touch upon such important topics as free trade, unemployment, regulation of wages, the balance of power, colonies, land, and agriculture.
The Commercial and Financial Chronicle
Author: Commercial and Financial Chronicle Bankers Gazette, Commercial Times, Railway Monitor and Insurance Journal
Author: Harriet Martineau, Victorian Imperialism, and the Civilizing Mission
Author: Deborah A. LoganPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317123646
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
In her in-depth study of Harriet Martineau's writings on the evolution of the British Empire in the nineteenth century, Deborah A. Logan elaborates the ways in which Martineau's works reflect Victorian concerns about radically shifting social ideologies. To understand Martineau's interventions into the Empire Question, Logan argues, is to recognize her authority as an insightful political commentator, historian, economist, and sociologist whose eclectic studies and intellectual curiosity positioned her as a shrewd observer and recorder of the imperial enterprise. Logan's primary sources are Martineau's nonfiction works, particularly those published in periodicals, complemented by telling references from Martineau's didactic fiction, correspondence, and autobiography. Key texts include History of The Peace; Letters from Ireland and Endowed Schools of Ireland; Illustrations of Political Economy; Eastern Life, Present and Past; and History of British Rule in India and Suggestions for the Future Rule of India. Logan shows Martineau negotiating the inevitable conflict that arises when the practices of Victorian imperialism are measured against its own stated principles, and especially against Martineau's idea of both the Civilizing Mission and the indigenous cultural integrity often compromised in the process. The picture of Martineau that emerges is complex and fascinating. Both an advocate and a critic of British imperialism, Martineau was a persistent champion of the Civilizing Mission. Written with an awareness that she was recording contemporary history for future generations, Martineau’s commentary on this perpetually fascinating, often tragic, and always instructive chapter in British and world history offers important insights that enhance and complicate our understanding of imperialism and globalization.
Foreign Assistance and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1963
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on AppropriationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economic assistance, American
Languages : en
Pages : 852
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