Placing the Frontier in British North-East India: Law, Custom, and Knowledge

The book explores the travels of colonial law into the North-East frontier of the British Empire in India, examining the relationship between law and space, and indigenous place-making. It demonstrates how the inhabitants of the frontier hills were incorporated within the colonial legal framework but produced both interruptions and integral to the imperial project.

Format: Hardback
Length: 224 pages
Publication date: 06 March 2023
Publisher: Oxford University Press

The book delves into a comprehensive exploration of the journey of colonial law into the northeastern frontier of the British Empire in India, with a particular focus on the nineteenth century. It examines the intricate relationship between law and space, as well as the indigenous practices of place-making that shaped this region. While the inhabitants of the frontier hills studied in this book were not officially categorized as British subjects, they were nonetheless incorporated within the colonial legal framework. The book sheds light on the unique legal limbo that resulted from this situation, creating both disruptions and integral contributions to the imperial project. By examining the practices of place-making by the indigenous inhabitants of the frontier, the work further highlights the diverse narratives of self and belonging that emerge from these oral and kinship-based sites, shaping the landscape of the hills in the present day.

The book explores a profound examination of the travels of colonial law into the northeastern frontier of the British Empire in India, with a central focus on the nineteenth century. It delves into the intricate interplay between law and space, as well as the indigenous practices of place-making that shaped this region. While the inhabitants of the frontier hills studied in this book were not officially categorized as British subjects, they were nonetheless incorporated within the colonial legal framework. The book sheds light on the unique legal limbo that emerged from this situation, creating both disruptions and essential contributions to the imperial project. By examining the practices of place-making by the indigenous inhabitants of the frontier, the work further highlights the diverse narratives of self and belonging that emerge from these oral and kinship-based sites, shaping the landscape of the hills in the present day.

Weight: 412g
Dimension: 223 x 145 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780192887085