{"product_id":"the-frontier-complex-geopolitics-and-the-making-of-the-india-china-border-1846-1962-hardback-9781108840590","title":"The Frontier Complex; Geopolitics and the Making of the India-China Border, 1846–1962 (Hardback) 9781108840590","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Frontier Complex\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eGeopolitics and the Making of the India-China Border, 1846–1962\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReveals how British imperial border-making in the Himalayas transformed a crossroads into a borderland and geography into politics.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKyle J. Gardner (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108840590, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 21 January 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e300 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.7 x 1.9 cm, 0.5 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Gardner gives us a comprehensive account, at once compelling and authoritative, of what he calls the 'frontier complex' along the high Himalayas from its early exploration to the 1962 war between India and China … This impressive volume will engage the interest not only of scholars of South Asia but also of geographers, political scientists, and environmental historians who seek to understand the interplay of geography, geopolitics, and the making of states.' Thomas R. Metcalf, Journal of Interdisciplinary History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eKyle J. Gardner reveals the transformation of the historical Himalayan entrepôt of Ladakh into a modern, disputed borderland through an examination of rare British, Indian, Ladakhi, and Kashmiri archival sources. In so doing, he provides both a history of the rise of geopolitics and the first comprehensive history of Ladakh's encounter with the British Empire. He examines how colonial border-making practices transformed geography into a political science and established principles that a network of imperial frontier experts would apply throughout the empire and bequeath to an independent India. Through analyzing the complex of imperial policies and practices, The Frontier Complex reveals how the colonial state transformed, and was transformed by, new ways of conceiving of territory. Yet, despite a century of attempts to craft a suitable border, the British failed. The result is an imperial legacy still playing out across the Himalayas.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e A Note on the Text\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Territory before Borderlines: Trade, Cosmology, and Modes of Seeing in Pre-Colonial Ladakh\u003cbr\u003e 2. Surveys: Boundary-Making Principles, Mapping, and the Problem with Watersheds\u003cbr\u003e 3. Communication: Roads, Regulation, and the British Joint Commissioners\u003cbr\u003e 4. Reading the Border: Gazetteers, Tribute Missions, and the Problem with Goats\u003cbr\u003e 5. Trans-Frontier Men: Invasion Anxieties and Frontier Heroes\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Birth of Geopolitics: Frontier Experts, Boundary Commissions, and Trans-frontier Information\u003cbr\u003e 7. Lines of Control: From Empire to Nation-State\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Geopolitics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Geopolitics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Geopolitics%20%5BJPSL%5D%22\"\u003eJPSL\u003c\/a\u003e], International relations [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on International relations\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22International%20relations%20%5BJPS%5D%22\"\u003eJPS\u003c\/a\u003e], Historical geography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Historical geography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Historical%20geography%20%5BHBTP%5D%22\"\u003eHBTP\u003c\/a\u003e], Asian history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Asian history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Asian%20history%20%5BHBJF%5D%22\"\u003eHBJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913326780696,"sku":"9781108840590","price":65.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108840590i.jpg?v=1696727498","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-frontier-complex-geopolitics-and-the-making-of-the-india-china-border-1846-1962-hardback-9781108840590","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}