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Landscape, culture, and belonging : writing the history of Northeast India/ edited by Neeladri Bhattacharya and Joy L.K.Panchuau

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019.Description: 343pISBN:
  • 9781108481298
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 954.10072 BHA/L
Contents:
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 Dzuvichu;
Part V. Cultural Dialogues: 11. Appropriating the Ao past in the Christian present Lanusangla Tzudir;-- 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.
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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 Dzuvichu;

Part V. Cultural Dialogues:
11. Appropriating the Ao past in the Christian present Lanusangla Tzudir;--
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.

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