Elusive frontier : The failure of a rubber plantation in colonial Assam

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  • Economic and Political Weekly Vol.58; No.37 - 16 Sep. 2023 pp. 22-25
Subject(s): Online resources: Summary: The forest management and state-building efforts in the late 19th century are analysed by examining the failure of a state-run rubber plantation in Charduar, Assam. This plantation needs to be understood as a means of establishing state control along an ecologically, topographically and politically volatile frontier. It emphasises the importance of analysing colonialism as a complex and spatially diverse phenomenon rather than a monolithic juggernaut. The failure of the rubber experiment symbolised the failure of colonial authority in the tribal hills.
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The forest management and state-building efforts in the late 19th century are analysed by examining the failure of a state-run rubber plantation in Charduar, Assam. This plantation needs to be understood as a means of establishing state control along an ecologically, topographically and politically volatile frontier. It emphasises the importance of analysing colonialism as a complex and spatially diverse phenomenon rather than a monolithic juggernaut. The failure of the rubber experiment symbolised the failure of colonial authority in the tribal hills.

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