Indian Migration and Empire - 9780822370390

Indian Migration and EmpireA Colonial Genealogy of the Modern State\nAuthor(s): Radhika Mongia\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Duke University Press, United States\nImprint: Duke University Press\nISBN-13: 9780822370390, 978-0822370390\nSynopsis\nHow did states come to monopolize control over migration? What do the processes that producedthis monopoly tell us about the modern state? In Indian Migration and EmpireRadhika Mongia provocatively argues that the formation of colonial migration regulations was dependent upon, accompanied by, and generative of profound changes in normative conceptions of the modern state. Focused on state regulation of colonial Indian migration between 1834 and 1917, Mongia illuminates the genesis of central techniques of migration control. She shows how important elements of current migration regimes, including the notion of state sovereignty as embodying the authority to control migration, the distinction between free and forced migration, the emergence of p.