Founding an empire on India's north-eastern frontiers, 1790-1840 : climate, commerce, polity /

This is a detailed historical study of the unsettled half century from the 1790s to the 1830s when the British East India Company (EIC) strove to establish control over the colonial north-eastern frontiers spanning the River Brahmaputra to the Burmese border. It offers a much-needed reframing of reg...

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Main Author:	Cederlöf, Gunnel (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	East India Company. East India Company India, Northeastern > History. India, Northeastern > Commerce > History > 19th century. India, Northeastern > Politics and government > 19th century. India, Northeastern > Climate. Inde (Nord-Est) > Histoire. Inde (Nord-Est) > Commerce > Histoire > 19e siècle. Inde (Nord-Est) > Climat. Climatology Commerce Politics and government Northeastern India 1800-1899 Electronic books. History
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Summary:	This is a detailed historical study of the unsettled half century from the 1790s to the 1830s when the British East India Company (EIC) strove to establish control over the colonial north-eastern frontiers spanning the River Brahmaputra to the Burmese border. It offers a much-needed reframing of regional histories of South Asia away from the sub-continental Indian mainland to the varied social ecologies of Sylhet, Cachar, Manipur, Jaintia, and Khasi hills.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 272 pages) : maps [1]
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-264) and index.
ISBN:	9780199082797 0199082790