Willem Van Schendel

The Bengal Borderland

Beyond State and Nation in South Asia

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A look at South Asia beyond state and nation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 444
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 670g
• ISBN-13: 9781843311454
• ISBN-10: 1843311453
• Artikelnr.: 21522158

Autorenporträt

Willem van Schendel

Inhaltsangabe

Figures, Plates, Tables
Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
1. Studying Borderlands, 2. Partition Studies
3. Radcliffe's Fateful Line
4. A Patchwork Border
5. Security the Territory
6. Defiance and Accommodation
7. The Flow of Goods
8. Narratives of Border Crossing
9. Migrants, Fences and Deportation
10. Rebels and Bandits
11. 'Rifle Raj' and the Killer Border
12. Nation and Borderland
13. Conclusion: Beyond State and Nation
Appendix, References, Index