Landscape, Culture, and Belonging

Herausgeber: Bhattacharya, Neeladri; Pachuau, Joy L. K.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 661g
• ISBN-13: 9781108481298
• ISBN-10: 1108481299
• Artikelnr.: 56784171

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures; Introduction Neeladri Bhattacharya and Joy L. K. Pachuau;
Part I. Borders and Beyond: 1. India's spatial history in the
Brahmaputra-Meghna river basin David Ludden; 2. The Birth of the Ryot:
Rethinking the Agrarian in British Assam Bodhisattva Kar; 3. Embracing or
challenging the 'tribe'? Dilemmas in reproducing obligatory pasts in
Meghalaya Duncan McDuie-Ra; Part II. Surveys and Explorations: 4. Picturing
a region: a geographical history of British Assam David Vumlallian Zou; 5.
Geographical exploration and historical investigation: John Peter Wade in
Assam Arupjyoti Saikia; Part III. Ethnography, History and the Politics of
Representation: 6. Naga: lineages of a term Alban von Stockhausen; 7.
Representing the Nagas: negotiating national culture and consumption
Arkotong Longkumer; Part IV. Law, State and Practices of Governance: 8.
Frontier regime and colonial rule Yengkhom Jilangamba; 9. The law of
emptiness: episodes from Lushai and Chin Hills (1890-98) Anandaroop Sen;
10. The colonial state and the 'illegal' arms trade along the North-East
frontier of India, 1860s to 1900s Lipokmar Dzüvichu; Part V. Cultural
Dialogues: 11. Appropriating the Ao past in the Christian present
Lanusangla Tzüdir; 12. Why do people convert? Understanding conversions to
Christianity in Mizoram Joy L. K. Pachuau; 13. From sacred rocks to
temples: recasting religion as identity in North-East India John Thomas;
Notes on contributors; Index.