Indo-Burma frontier and the making of the Chin Hills : empire and resistance /

This book examines the British colonial expansion in the so-called 'unadministered' hill tracts of the Indo-Burma frontier and the change of colonial policy from non-intervention to intervention. The book begins with the end of the First Anglo-Burmese War (1824-26), which resulted in the B...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Pau, Pum Khan (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Routledge, [2020]
Subjects:	Anti-imperialist movements > Burma. Chin (Southeast Asian people) > History. Chin State (Burma) > History. Burma > History > 1824-1948. India > History > British occupation, 1765-1947. Great Britain > Colonies > Administration. Great Britain > Colonies > Boundaries. Burma > Boundaries > India. India > Boundaries > Burma.

Table of Contents:

Situating Indo-Burma frontier within the larger context of British imperial policy
Frontier policy : problem of the Arakan frontier
Manipur frontier : Kamhau-Sukte and Meitei relations
Colonial penetration : explorations, expeditions and resistance
Colonial policy backfired : disarmament and resistance
Administrative developments : "indirect rule" and the making of colonial "agents"
The Chin Hills district : towards consolidation.