Buch, Englisch, 326 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 500 g
A Century after the 1914 Simla Convention
Buch, Englisch, 326 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 500 g
ISBN: 978-1-032-22529-6
Verlag: Routledge India
The Simla Convention of 1914, held between Great Britain, China, and Tibet, demarcated the border between India and Tibet and gave birth to the McMahon Line. This volume critically examines the legacy of the 1914 Convention and explores its relevance in scholarly discourse about the status of Tibet and Sino-Indian relations more than a hundred years later.
The book discusses the significance of the Simla Convention, both in terms of the geopolitics of boundaries as well as the people and the liminal borderlands they occupy, encapsulating the culture and diversity of the trans-Himalayan regions. The book explicates how colonial legacies, namely, the 1914 Simla Convention, have become virtual straitjackets, hardening the positions on the boundaries between India and China. It also looks at the debilitating consequences of the nation-state framework on more substantial investigations of the borderlands. Rich in archival material and drawing from the authors’ fieldwork in the Himalayan regions, this book analyses muted voices of the inhabitants of the region to bring into focus the larger question of the political, economic, religious, ecological, and social life of the Himalayan peoples, which has enormous implications for both India and China.
This volume will be of interest to students of history, international relations, sociology, strategic studies, Asian studies, and anthropology.
Zielgruppe
Postgraduate
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Geopolitik
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Diplomatie
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
Weitere Infos & Material
Introduction Part I Simla Convention – Historical Perspectives 1. The Simla Convention, Almost Aborted, Never Signed but Still Relevant 2. The 1914 Simla Conference: British Diplomacy and Strategy 3. Toward Simla: Proposing Provinces and Claiming Territory on the Tibetan Plateau 4. Nationalist Government’s Reactions to Sino-Indian War and the Border Issue: An Analysis of ROC Diplomatic Archives 1962-1964 Part II Boundaries 5. What happened to the McMahon line – 1914-1947? 6. The Abors of NEFA: A Historical Perspective 7. McMahon Line: View from the Ground 8. Simla, McMahon Line and South Tibet: Emergent Chinese Discourse on Fears of Losing Territory to India by HA Part III Borderlands 9. Zhemengxiong As Depicted in Qing Official Documents: Exploring Sikkim’s Cultural and Commercial Ties with Tibet in the light of Qing China’s Perception of the Sub-Himalayan Region 10. Reimagining Himalayan Borderland: A Case Study of Himachal Sector 11. Minorities in India and China: Conceptual and Historical Considerations Postscript 12. A Brief Historical Account Of The Delimitation Of The Sino-Tibet Boundary And The Demand For ‘Greater Tibet 13. Could Confucius Resolve the Tibet Question? Tribute 14. Professor Parshotam Mehra – A personal tribute