The Insecurity State: Punjab and the Making of Colonial Power in British India
- Submitting institution
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Queen Mary University of London
- Unit of assessment
- 28 - History
- Output identifier
- 2680
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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10.1017/9781108289740
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- ISBN
- 978-1108418317
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- July
- Year of publication
- 2017
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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0
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- This book explores what may be called the 'dark underside' of the ideologies that sustained British rule in India. It offers an important intervention into debates about the contested project of colonial state-building; the oppressive and violent practices of colonial rule; the nature of imperial sovereignty, law, and policing; and the postcolonial legacies of empire. The book is based on seven years of extensive archival research conducted in the UK, India, and Pakistan, and draws on a wide range of sources. These include official correspondence and publications; private papers, letters, and personal memoirs; newspapers and periodicals; and contemporary monographs.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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