Of scales, networks and assemblages: The league of nations apparatus and the scalar sovereignty of the government of India

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 234-253

  Legg, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assemblage; Colonialism; India; League of Nations; Networks; Scale

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; COMPLEXITY; HUMAN GEOGRAPHY; POLITICS; SOVEREIGNTY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 62749107606     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: 14755661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5661.2009.00338.x     Document Type: Article

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