The colonial legacy in the construction of the modern Indian state has left a deep imprint on contemporary Indians self-identity and self-determination. "Borderland Politics in Northern India" is a collection of essays, giving detailed accounts of the many different ways that people throughout India understand their homeland, the territory where they live, and the broader region to which they belong. Mona Chettri looks at the Gorkha community in the Darjeeling hills to the northeast, Manjeet Baruah examines Assam, and L. Lam Khan Piang explores the dispersion of the Zo people throughout many northeastern states. In the northwest, Aijaz Ashraf Wani illustrates how Jammu and Kashmir state is severed along complex regional, religious, and ethnic lines. This book is an invaluable source for readers interested in comparative studies of borderlands globally. It also contributes to South Asian studies broadly conceived, to Indian border studies, and to local social, cultural, and political histories of the constituent border regions of Northern India.
This book was published as a special issue of Asian Ethnicity."
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The colonial legacy in the construction of the modern Indian state has left a deep imprint on contemporary Indians self-identity and self-determination. "Borderland Politics in Northern India" is a collection of essays, giving detailed accounts of the many different ways that people throughout India understand their homeland, the territory where they live, and the broader region to which they belong. Mona Chettri looks at the Gorkha community in the Darjeeling hills to the northeast, Manjeet Baruah examines Assam, and L. Lam Khan Piang explores the dispersion of the Zo people throughout many northeastern states. In the northwest, Aijaz Ashraf Wani illustrates how Jammu and Kashmir state is severed along complex regional, religious, and ethnic lines. This book is an invaluable source for readers interested in comparative studies of borderlands globally. It also contributes to South Asian studies broadly conceived, to Indian border studies, and to local social, cultural, and political histories of the constituent border regions of Northern India.
This book was published as a special issue of Asian Ethnicity."
Imprint | Routledge |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Release date | October 2014 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | 2015 |
Editors | Yu-Wen Chen, Chih-Yu Shih |
Dimensions | 246 x 174 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover |
Pages | 91 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-138-81329-8 |
Barcode | 9781138813298 |
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LSN | 1-138-81329-X |