Against the Empire : polity, economy and culture during the Anglo-Kuki War, 1917-1919 / edited by Ngamjahao Kipgen and Doungul Letkhojam Haokip.

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Book
Language
English
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  • Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
  • ©2021
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1 online resource (xiii, 265 pages) : illustrations, maps

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"This book explores the Kuki uprising against the British Empire during the First World War in the Northeast frontier of India (then Assam-Burma frontier). It sheds light on how the three-year war (1917-1919), spanning over 6,000 square miles, is crucial to understanding present-day Northeast India. Companion to the seminal 'The Anglo-Kuki War, 1917-1919,' the essays in this volume: Examines several aspects of the Anglo-Kuki war, which had far-reaching consequences for the indigenous Kuki population, including economy, politics, identity, indigenous culture and belief systems, and traditional institutions during and after the First World War itself; Highlights finer themes such as the role of the chiefs and war councils, symbols of communication, indigenous interpretation of the war, remembrance, and other policies which continued to confront the Kuki communities; Interrogates themes of colonial geo-politics, colonialism and the missionaries, state making, and the frontier dimensions of the First World War. Moving away from colonial ethnographies, the volume taps on a variety of sources -- from civilizational discourse to indigenous readings of the war, from tour diaries to oral accounts -- meshing together the primitive with the modern, the tribal and the settled. This book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of South and Southeast Asian Studies, area studies, modern history, military and strategic studies, insurgency and counterinsurgency studies, tribal warfare, and politics."-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 26, 2020).
Other title(s)
Polity, economy and culture during the Anglo-Kuki War, 1917-1919
ISBN
  • 9781003000655 (electronic book)
  • 1003000657 (electronic book)
  • 9781000164480 ((electronic bk. : Mobipocket))
  • 1000164489 ((electronic bk. : Mobipocket))
  • 9781000164534 ((electronic bk. : EPUB))
  • 1000164535 ((electronic bk. : EPUB))
  • 9781000164435 ((electronic bk. : PDF))
  • 1000164438 ((electronic bk. : PDF))
LCCN
2020012486
OCLC
1159634143
Other standard number
  • 10.4324/9781003000655
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