The Frontier in British India


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An innovative account of how distinctive forms of colonial power and knowledge developed at the territorial fringes of British India. Thomas Simpson considers the role of frontier officials as surveyors, cartographers and ethnographers, military violence in frontier regions and the impact of the frontier experience on colonial administration.




Back to the Future


Book Description

The Conceptual Framework: Nations and Nationalism -- The Historical Framework: Balochistan and the Khanate of Kalat -- Wind of Change: Balochistan and Kalat between the World Wars -- The Second World War and Post-War Dreams: Princely India and the Khanate of Kalat -- The Birth of a Nation: Balochistan and Kalat at the Dawn of Independence -- The Death of a State: Accession to Pakistan and its Aftermath -- Epilogue - The Shattered Dream of a Tribal Monarchy.







The Statesman's Year-Book


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The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.







Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bombay


Book Description

Vol. 1-new ser., v. 7 include the society's Proceedings for 1841-1929 (title varies).