B. Marsh
Palgrave Macmillan UK
e druk, 2015
9781349476787
Ramparts of Empire
British Imperialism and India's Afghan Frontier, 1918-1948
Specificaties
Paperback, blz.
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Engels
Palgrave Macmillan UK |
2015
ISBN13: 9781349476787
Rubricering
Onderdeel van serie
Britain and the World
Levertijd ongeveer 9 werkdagen
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Samenvatting
This cultural and political study examines British perceptions and policies on India's Afghan Frontier between 1918 and 1948 and the impact of these on the local Pashtun population, India as a whole, and the decline of British imperialism in South Asia.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9781349476787
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan UK
Serie:Britain and the World
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction 1. The North-West Frontier: Policies, Perceptions, and the Conservative Impulse in the British Raj 2. The North-West Frontier and the Crisis of Empire, 1919-1923 3. A Cigarette in a Powder Magazine: The Frontier, Nationalism, and Reform, 1919-1930 4. 'A Considerable Degree of Supineness': Nationalism and The British Administration, 1928-1930 5. 'These Infernal Khudai Khidmatgaran': Defining and Repressing Frontier Nationalism, 1930-1932 6. 'The Forbidden Land': The British, Frontier Nationalism, and Congress, 1931-1934 7. 'If the Ramparts Fall, the City must Fall also': The Frontier and Indian Constitutional Reform, 1930-1939 8. Tribal Policy and its Discontents, 1930-1939 9. The North-West Frontier and the Second World War, 1939-1946 Conclusion: The End of British Rule and the Frontier Legacy