McDuie-Ra, Duncan.

Borderland City in New India : Frontier to Gateway. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (209 pages) - Asian Borderlands Series ; v.1 . - Asian Borderlands Series .

Cover -- Table of Contents -- List of Maps and Images -- Map 1.1 Manipur and surrounding states and territories -- Image 1.1  Shanker Talkies, Lamphelpat -- Image 2.1  Central Imphal facing north -- Image 2.2  Multi-storey houses alongside partially completed houses, Uripok Khumanthem Leikai -- Image 2.3  Manhunt billboard, LIC Point -- Image 3.1  State Police at Thangal Bazaar -- Image 3.2  Bir Tikendrajit Flyover with the Ima Keithel behind -- Image 3.3  PLA Memorial at Cheiraoching -- Image 4.1  Advertisement for 23rd Century, Salam Leikai -- Image 5.1  Billboard featuring Mary Kom, Khoyathong -- Image 5.2  Local clothes shop, New Checkon -- Image 6.1  Shija Hospital, Langol -- Image 6.2  Baptist church under construction, Langol -- Image 7.1  School under construction, Sangaiprou -- Image 7.2  Advertisement for a secondary school, DM campus -- Image 8.1  Start of the rally, Haobam Marak Lourembam Leikai -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- Disturbed City, Sensitive Space -- Frontiers to Corridors -- Approaching Imphal -- Structure of the Book -- Terminology and Place Names -- Part 1 - Disturbed City, Sensitive Space -- 2. Belonging -- Small City, Growing City -- Plurality and Polarity -- Neighbourhoods -- Alternative Places -- Conclusion -- 3. Control -- Spatial Control in Imphal -- The Armed Forces -- Civilian Government -- Non-state Actors -- Contesting and Co-opting Memory -- Resistance and Nationalism -- Insurgent Memorials -- Conclusion -- 4. Exclusion -- Ethnic Politics -- Mao Gate -- Sadar Hills -- Belonging and the Blockades -- Indigenous Politics -- Conclusion -- Part 2 - Liberalising the Frontier -- 5. Gateway City -- New India and Its Frontier -- Indigenising Indian Capital -- Gateway Livelihoods -- Closing the Gate -- Conclusion -- 6. Health City -- Building a Health City -- The Decaying Public System. Accidental Liberalisation? -- Reshaping the Urban Frontier -- Conclusion -- 7. Education City -- Sangaiprou -- Schools versus Paddy -- Recruiting in Imphal -- Conclusion -- 8. Conclusion -- Acronyms -- Glossary of Non-English Terms -- References -- Index.

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Sociology, Urban-India-Imphāl.
City and town life-India-Imphāl.


Electronic books.

HT147

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