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Rebels from the mud houses : Dalits and the making of the maoist revolution in Bihar / by George J. Kunnath.
Van Pelt Library HX395.B54 K864 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kunnath, George J., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Communism--India--Bihar.
- Communism.
- Dalits--Political activity--India--Bihar.
- Dalits.
- Social change--India--Bihar.
- Social change.
- Dalits--Political activity.
- Bihar (India)--Social conditions.
- Bihar (India).
- Social conditions.
- India--Bihar.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 249 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.
- Summary:
- "This book examines Dalit mobilization and the transformation of rural power relations in the context of intense agrarian violence involving Maoist guerrillas and upper caste militias backed by state forces in Bihar in the 1980s. The book investigates why thousands of Dalits took up arms and highlights the specificities of Dalit participation in the Maoist Movement and develops an anthropology of the Maoist Revolution in India."--Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- "Social Science Press"--Cover.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-235) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1138099554
- 9781138099555
- OCLC:
- 989053009
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