Against state, against history : freedom, resistance, and statelessness in upland Northeast India / Jangkhomang Guite.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guite, Jangkhomang, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants.

Statelessness.

Mountain people.

History.

Scheduled tribes in India.

India, Northeastern--Scheduled tribes--History.

India, Northeastern.

Mountain people--India, Northeastern--History.

Statelessness--India, Northeastern.

Immigrants--India, Northeastern.

India, Northeastern--Politics and government.

Northeastern India.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

lviii, 301 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New Delhi, India : Oxford University Press, 2019.

Contents:

1 An Enormous Dead Level: Daunting Geography, Rippling States p. 1

2 The Great Escape: Peopling the Blue Hills p. 34

3 Divided We Stand: Space, Settlement, and Population Distribution Pattern p. 58

4 Pathways, Citadels, and Sentinels of the Hills p. 94

5 A Pleasurable Toil: Food, Freedom, and Livelihood p. 125

6 Chiefs, Commoners, and the Babel of Tongues p. 157

7 Between the Worlds Upside Down: Summoning Folktales p. 194

8 Renouncer, Restorer, and Defender: Daughters of the Hills p. 222

9 Symbiotic Hill-Valley Relationship: Transactions of Space, Manpower, and Resources p. 249.

Notes:

Also issued online. Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-292) and index.

1. India, Northeastern--Scheduled tribes--History. 2. Mountain people--India, Northeastern--History. 3. Statelessness--India, Northeastern. 4. Immigrants--India, Northeastern. 5. India, Northeastern--Politics and government.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-292) and index.

ISBN:

9780199489411

0199489416

OCLC:

1085197791