Radhika Chopra

Militant and Migrant

The Politics and Social History of Punjab

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A study of the transformations in Punjab created by biotechnological revolutions, economic restructuring, persistent migrations, and political upheaval in the late 20th century. Drawing on fieldwork-based interviews, as well as local history archives, it presents a different framework to analyse the politics and social history of Punjab.

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This book explores the links between militancy and migration, two movements that transformed the socio-political landscape of late 20th-century Punjab. Re-analysing existing writings and drawing on fieldwork and local history archives, it presents a different framework to analyse the politics and social history of Punjab.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. April 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 145mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9780415598002
• ISBN-10: 0415598001
• Artikelnr.: 31385529

Autorenporträt

Radhika Chopra is Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Delhi.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: Bringing a Field to Focus 2.
Commemorating Hurt: Memorialising Operation Bluestar 3. Binocular
Disparity: Risky Strategies and Family Plans 4. Sent Away Boys: The 'Ghar
Jawai' and the Militant 5. Transacting Asylum: Transnational Communities,
Hospitality and Political Asylum 6. Descent to Illegality: Transnational
Migrations of Labouring Men. Bibliography. About the Author. Index