Through the India-China Border: Kalimpong in the Himalayas [Hardcover]

Sheds new light on our understandings of the 'Tibet Question' in China-India relations.Provides original research on imperial history, post-war politics and culture by utilising rarely used archival materialBritish, Chinese, and Indian and sheds new light on our understandings of the 'Tibet Question' in China-India relations.Provides original research on imperial history, post-war politics and culture by utilising rarely used archival materialBritish, Chinese, and Indian and sheds new light on our understandings of the 'Tibet Question' in China-India relations.Through the India-China Border?mobilizes rarely used documentary material from British, Chinese and Indian archives to shed new light on our understanding of the 'Tibet Question' in China-India relations. Focused on the Himalayan border town of Kalimpong from the 1920s to 1962, it unearths a history of espionage and political intrigue that challenges the way that remote peripheries are seen from the 'centres' of nations. The innovative use of postcolonial and transcultural theory demonstrates how a multidisciplinary framework augments our reading of imperial histories, postwar politics, decolonisation and frontier cultures. Kalimpong emerges from this analysis as a key node in Himalayan history and in the mid-century fashioning of India-China relations.Preface; Acknowledgments; Glossary; 1. Introduction: Kalimpong as Interface  Post/colonial and Transcultural; 2. Kalimpong as Metonym: IndiaChina Correlation; 3. Chinese (and Tibetan) Certification in Himalayan India: Foreigner Registration Files 1940s1960s; 4. Espionage, Intrigues and Politics: Kalimpong Chung Hwa School as International Playhouse; 5. Shangri-la (Gyalthang) to Kalimpong: The Road of Trade, Transculture and Conflict; 6. Inconclusion: Not The Last Word; Bibliography; Index.This book is a model of international scholarship, instructive and a delight to read. Variously?a booming border town,?a strategic asset, a listening post,?a nest of spielÓb