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020 _a9781108481298
082 _a954.10072
_bBHA/L
245 _aLandscape, culture, and belonging :
_bwriting the history of Northeast India/
_cedited by Neeladri Bhattacharya and Joy L.K.Panchuau
260 _aCambridge:
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2019.
300 _a343p.
505 _a 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--
505 _aPart 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;
505 _a 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;
505 _aPart 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;
505 _a 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.
650 _aNortheastern India
650 _aHistoriography
700 _aBhattacharya,Neeladri,ed.
700 _aPachuau,Joy L.K,ed.
942 _cBK
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