Founding an empire on India's north-eastern frontiers, 1790-1840 (Record no. 67074)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780198090571
028 ## - DISTRIBUTOR NAME
Distributor Name : Brijwasi Book Distibutors
Distributor address : H-87, Lalita Park, Laxmi Nagar, Delhi
Bill Number : BW/000409
Bill Date : 24/01/2026
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 954.1 CED
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Cederlof, Gunnel.
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Founding an empire on India's north-eastern frontiers, 1790-1840
Remainder of title : climate, commerce, polity.
Statement of responsibility, etc / Gunnel Cederlof.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc New Delhi
Name of publisher, distributor, etc : Oxford University Press
Date of publication, distribution, etc , 2014.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 272p.
Dimensions : 24cm.
365 ## - TRADE PRICE
Price amount 906.5
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc his study is a richly detailed historical work of the unsettled half-century from the 1790s to the 1830s when the British East India Company strove to establish control of the colonial north-eastern frontiers spanning the River Brahmaputra to the Burmese border. It offers a much-needed reframing of regional histories of South Asia away from the subcontinental Indian mainland to the varied social ecologies of Sylhet, Cachar, Manipur, Jaintia, and Khasi hills. As a mercantile corporation, the EIC aimed at getting in command of the millennium-old over-land commercial routes connecting India and China. The study specifically engages with the early nineteenth century explorations of trade across Burma. Simultaneously, the Mughal diwani grant compelled the EIC to govern territory. Drawing on extensive research, the study demonstrates the incompatibility of bureaucratic power, the complex socio-economic networks of authority, and the ever-changing landscapes of the region. In a monsoon climate, where rivers moved and land was inundated for months, any attempt to form a uniform administration tended to clash with hybrid landscapes and waterscapes. This work explores how daily administrative and military practice shaped colonial polities and subject formation. Located at the intersection of colonial, legal, and environmental history, the study is of particular interest for scholars and students in history, political ecology, and anthropology.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Politics and government
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Climatology
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element East India Company
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Gunnel Cederlof.
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     SNU LIBRARY SNU LIBRARY 30/01/2026 Brijwasi Book Distributors 906.50   954.1 CED 31309 30/01/2026 30/01/2026 Books
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