Birinder Pal Singh

Broschiertes Buch

Sikhs in the Deccan and North-East India

Beschreibung

This book discusses the dynamics of a mass internal migration in South Asia. It traces the historical roots of certain migrant Sikh communities to the British rule; chronicles their social, religious and economic practices; and examines peculiar identity formations. It examines the socio-economic conditions of Sikhs in the Deccan and the No

Autor

Birinder Pal Singh is Professor of Eminence, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Punjabi University, Patiala, India. He has a doctorate from Panjab University, Chandigarh, and an MPhil from the School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He was a Fellow of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla (1993-1995). His research areas cover tribal, peasant and other communities and the sociology of violence. He has published the books Economy and Society in the Himalayas: Social Formation in Pangi Valley (1996); Problem of Violence: Themes in Literature (1999); Violence as Political Discourse: Sikh Militancy Confronts the Indian State (2002); 'Criminal' Tribes of Punjab: A Social-Anthropological Inquiry (edited, 2010); and Punjab Peasantry in Turmoil (edited, 2010). He has also published several research papers including in Sikh Formations, Economic and Political Weekly, Gandhi Marg and Journal of Punjab Studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge India
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 332g
• ISBN-13: 9780367890995
• ISBN-10: 0367890992
• Artikelnr.: 58441121