Board #36 - Mapping the Salt Frontier: Governance and Political Infrastructures of Trade in 20th Century Himalayas

• In Event: 74-310 - Poster Session: Trade, Globalization & Economic Inequality

Brief Overview

Our proposed paper tries to explore the politics of the salt economy in the Himalayas during the 20th Century, arguing that trade networks helped stabilise frontier governmentality.

Author

• Samagra Bharti, International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad (IIIT)