Surveying and producing the frontier in nineteenth century Manipur
Challenges and Practices
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6039727 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thingnam Sanjeev (National Archives of India, Ministry of Culture, Government of India, Janpath, New Delhi, India, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 122-136 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian Ethnicity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1463-1369 • E-ISSN: 1469-2953 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14631369.2019.1585750 |
| OpenAlex | W2919016359 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 7 |
The second half of the nineteenth century was a turning point in the history of modern Manipur when it collaborated with the British in the first Anglo-Burmese War of 1824. With the conclusion of the treaty of Yandaboo 1826, Manipur was transformed into a frontier zone. In this backdrop, the paper explores the pre-colonial notion of territory and how it competed with the European notions of space. Boundaries were fluid, and land was perceived more in terms of people and social relations. The paper also highlights the impact of state formation and territorialisation on identity formation by referring to the changes in the management of the hills and the valley after the 1891 Anglo-Manipuri War. Demarcation of land and boundaries submitted to the logic of rule and control which resulted in the classification of land and people into far more rigid categories like the separate management of the hills and the valley
Archaeology · Economic geography · Frontier · Geography · Political science · Sociology · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · History · South Asian Studies and Conflicts · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
| Citations per year | 0.75 |
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |