Against the empire : polity, economy and culture during the Anglo-Kuki war, 1917-1919 / edited by Ngamjahao Kipgen and Doungul Letkhojam Haokip.
Contributor(s): Kipgen, Ngamjahao [editor] | Haokip, Doungul Letkhojam [editor].
Language: eng.Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2021Edition: reprint 2021.Description: xiii, 265 p. : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780367708061.Subject(s): Anglo-Kuki War, 1917-1919 | History -- Military -- World War I | Autonomy and independence movements | Diplomatic relations | Kuki Chin (South Asian people) | India, Northeastern -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements | India -- Politics and government -- 1857-1919 | India -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain | Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- IndiaDDC classification: 954.0357 Summary: "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."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| 954.0357 152R2 Chauri Chaura par aupniveshik nyay / | 954.0357 152R3 Kakori shadyantra case : | 954.0357 Q9 Russian revolution and India: compilation from Soviet land magazine and other sources / | 954.0357 R1 Against the empire : | 954.0357 R1 Waiting for Swaraj : | 954.0357 R1 The Anglo-Kuki war, 1917-1919 : | 954.03575 152Q8 Janandolan aur swaraj ki arthniti / |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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."
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