Homo in Nubibus
Altitude, Colonisation and Political Order in the Khasi Hills of Northeast India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11944007 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew J May, Andrew May (0000-0002-9819-2228, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 41-60 |
| Publication date | 2013-09-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Imperial & Commonwealth History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-6534 • E-ISSN: 1743-9329 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03086534.2013.826458 |
| OpenAlex | W1965258738 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 11 |
India's tribal northeast continues to be a footnote in national and international historiography. Influenced by James C. Scott's recent characterisation of the non-state hill peoples of Zomia and their deliberate evasion of subject status, this article reappraises the 1826 treaty between the British political agent and Khasi leader U Tirot Sing, and the subsequent Nongkhlaw massacre. It further explores a set of British expectations of the hills as a potential site for missionisation and white colonisation. In this way, it asserts the purchase of Scott's theories, but argues for the further potential of micro-history and the colonial archive to render indigenous histories more visible
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Colonialism · Colonisation · Colonization · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · Historiography · Indigenous · Khasi · Political science · Politics · State (computer science · Subject (documents · Treaty · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · History · Law · South Asian Studies and Conflicts · Ecology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2024 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |