Ruling the savage periphery : frontier governance and the making of the modern state /

"From the Afghan frontier with British India to the pampas of Argentina to the deserts of Arizona, nineteenth-century empires drew borders with an eye toward placing indigenous people just on the edge of the interior. They were too nomadic and communal to incorporate in the state, yet their lab...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hopkins, B. D., 1978- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2020.
Temas:
Borderlands > Political aspects.
Imperialism.
Indigenous peoples > Government relations.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Régions frontalières > Aspect politique.
Impérialisme.
Autochtones > Relations avec l'État.
HISTORY > Social History.
Frontier and pioneer life
Imperialism
Indigenous peoples > Government relations
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The edges of authority
  • Frontier governmentality
  • Governing British India's unruly frontier
  • The imperial life of the Frontier Crimes Regulation
  • The colonial specter of "savagery"
  • Ruling the Chiricahua Apache in America's Desert Southwest
  • Argentina's conquest of the desert and the limits of frontier governmentality
  • Conclusion: A long history of violence

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