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Ramparts of Empire : British Imperialism and India's Afghan Frontier, 1918-1948
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This cultural and political study examines British perceptions and policies on India's Afghan Frontier between 1918 and 1948 and the impact of these on the local Pashtun population, India as a whol...
This cultural and political study examines British perceptions and policies on India's Afghan Frontier between 1918 and 1948 and the impact of these on the local Pashtun population, India as a whole, and the decline of British imperialism in South Asia.
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- Creator
- by B. Marsh
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- Language
- English
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- 1st ed. 2015
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015
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- 1 online resource (309 p.)
- ISBNs
- 9781349476787, 1349476781, 9781137374011, 1137374012, 1322576866, 1137374004
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Acronyms; Introduction; Part I: The North-West Frontier and Post-War Imperialism; 1 The North-West Frontier: Policies, Perceptions, and the Conservative Impulse in the British Raj; 2 "A Continual and Gratuitous Provocation": The North-West Frontier and the Crisis of Empire, 1919-1923; 3 A Cigarette in a Powder Magazine: The Frontier, Nationalism, and Reform, 1919-1930; Part II: The North-West Frontier and the Nationalist Challenge
- 4 "A Considerable Degree of Supineness": Nationalism and the British Administration, 1928-19305 "These Infernal Khudai Khidmatgaran": Defining and Repressing Frontier Nationalism, 1930-1931; 6 "The Forbidden Land": The British, Frontier Nationalism, and Congress, 1931-1934; Part III: The North-West Frontier and the End of Empire; 7 "If the Ramparts Fall, the City Must Fall Also": The Frontier and Indian Constitutional Reform, 1930-1939; 8 "A Welcome Weapon of Criticism": Tribal Policy and Its Discontents, 1930-1939
- 9 "A Glorified Maginot Line"?: The Frontier and the Second World War, 1939-1946Conclusion: The End of British Rule and the Frontier Legacy; Select Bibliography; Index