Sanjib Baruah

In the Name of the Nation

India and Its Northeast

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Produktbeschreibung

In the Name of the Nation offers a much-needed contemporary history of India's troubled Northeastern region.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Stanford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 150mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9781503611283
• ISBN-10: 1503611280
• Artikelnr.: 55189154

Autorenporträt

Sanjib Baruah is Professor of Political Studies at Bard College, New York. His previous books include India Against Itself (1999) and Durable Disorder (2005).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction:
1. The Invention of Northeast India
2. Partition's Long Shadow: Nation and Citizenship in Assam
3. Development and the Making of a Postcolonial Resource Frontier
4. The Naga Conflict: Ceasefire Politics and Elusive Peace
5. Discourse of Insurgency and the Pedagogy of State Violence
6. The Strange Career of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act
Conclusion: