Statemaking and Territory in South Asia: Lessons from the Anglo Gorkha War (1814 1816) (Anthem Modern South Asian History)

Michael, Bernardo A.

ISBN 10: 1783083220 / ISBN 13: 9781783083220

Published by Anthem Press, 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Statemaking and Territory in South Asia: Lessons from the Anglo Gorkha War (1814 1816) (Anthem Modern South Asian History)
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1783083220
• ISBN 13: 9781783083220
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Like New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

“Statemaking and Territory in South Asia: Lessons from the Anglo–Gorkha War (1814–1816)” seeks to understand how European colonization transformed the organization of territory in South Asia through an examination of the territorial disputes that underlay the Anglo–Gorkha War of 1814–1816 and subsequent efforts of the colonial state to reorder its territories. The volume argues that these disputes arose out of older tribute, taxation and property relationships that left their territories perpetually intermixed and with ill-defined boundaries. It also seeks to describe the long-drawn-out process of territorial reordering undertaken by the British in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries that set the stage for the creation of a clearly defined geographical template for the modern state in South Asia.

About the Author

Bernardo A. Michael is an associate professor of history at Messiah College in Pennsylvania, where he is also the Special Assistant to the President and Provost, for Diversity Affairs.