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The book examines questions of identity, ethnicity, sovereignty and insurgency in northeastern India, and especially on Assam and its neighbourhood. It situates these in their larger social, economic, political and, above all, historical context, the last being especially important in their becoming a part of colonial India relatively late.
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The book examines questions of identity, ethnicity, sovereignty and insurgency in northeastern India, and especially on Assam and its neighbourhood. It situates these in their larger social, economic, political and, above all, historical context, the last being especially important in their becoming a part of colonial India relatively late.
Produktdetails
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- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
- Seitenzahl: 312
- Erscheinungstermin: 21. Januar 2016
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 17mm
- Gewicht: 363g
- ISBN-13: 9781138662445
- ISBN-10: 1138662445
- Artikelnr.: 44827248
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
- Seitenzahl: 312
- Erscheinungstermin: 21. Januar 2016
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 17mm
- Gewicht: 363g
- ISBN-13: 9781138662445
- ISBN-10: 1138662445
- Artikelnr.: 44827248
M. S. Prabhakara has been a senior journalist and editorial consultant with The Hindu group, and their Special Correspondent in northeast India and South Africa.
Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction. PART ONE. The Word and the Idea
1. The Politics of a Script Demand for the Acceptance of Roman Script for
Bodo Language 2. Rightful Place for Assamese Language: Scholarly Labours of
Missionaries 3. Census in Assam: The Question of Mother Tongue 4. Shaping
the Sound and Scripting a Solution 5. Speech, Script and Pronunciation: The
Sound and the Word of Assam and Asom. PART TWO. Ethnicity and Identity 6.
Strident Tribal Nationalism 7. Tribal Ferment in Assam 8. Assam's Search
for Identity 9. More than just Nomenclature 10. Chasing a Mirage 11.
Reinventing Identities 12. Massacres Unbound: Outrage Selective 13.
Manufacturing Identities? 14. In the Name of Tribal Identities 15. Behind
the Adivasi Unrest in Assam 16. Identity Politics: Where it is leading 17.
To Divide is to Multiply 18. The Bodoland Territorial Council: Promises and
Problems. PART THREE. Issues of Culture and Belief 19. Commitment to
Identity: Cultural Dimensions of Ethnic Agitations 20. Process of
Consolidation: Assam's Inherent Problems 21. A Natural Process of
Transformation. PART FOUR. Discontent and Revolt 22. Serviceable Memory and
Persistence of the Past 23. The Search for 'Permanent Solutions' 24. The
Fallacy of Internally Coherent Homelands 25. Squeeze in Bhutan:
Consequences in Assam 26. ULFA: Talking about Talks 27. 'War' against
Indian State: Real Victims and Outcome 28. Prospects for Peace in Assam.
PART FIVE. Homeland Politics 29. Land, Source of all Trouble 30. BTC: Going
Round in Circles? PART SIX. From the Borders of a Borderland Who Owns
History? 31. Who Owns History? 32. Manipur: Burdens of the Past 33. Naga
Talks: Territory first, Sovereignty later 34. Insurgencies in Manipur:
Politics and Ideology 35. Going Round the Mulberry Bush. PART SEVEN.
Theoretical Underpinnings 36. Varieties of Separatism 37. Separatist
Movements in the North-East Rhetoric and Reality 38. Agenda for
Recolonisation? Epilogue. Bibliography. About the Author. Index.
1. The Politics of a Script Demand for the Acceptance of Roman Script for
Bodo Language 2. Rightful Place for Assamese Language: Scholarly Labours of
Missionaries 3. Census in Assam: The Question of Mother Tongue 4. Shaping
the Sound and Scripting a Solution 5. Speech, Script and Pronunciation: The
Sound and the Word of Assam and Asom. PART TWO. Ethnicity and Identity 6.
Strident Tribal Nationalism 7. Tribal Ferment in Assam 8. Assam's Search
for Identity 9. More than just Nomenclature 10. Chasing a Mirage 11.
Reinventing Identities 12. Massacres Unbound: Outrage Selective 13.
Manufacturing Identities? 14. In the Name of Tribal Identities 15. Behind
the Adivasi Unrest in Assam 16. Identity Politics: Where it is leading 17.
To Divide is to Multiply 18. The Bodoland Territorial Council: Promises and
Problems. PART THREE. Issues of Culture and Belief 19. Commitment to
Identity: Cultural Dimensions of Ethnic Agitations 20. Process of
Consolidation: Assam's Inherent Problems 21. A Natural Process of
Transformation. PART FOUR. Discontent and Revolt 22. Serviceable Memory and
Persistence of the Past 23. The Search for 'Permanent Solutions' 24. The
Fallacy of Internally Coherent Homelands 25. Squeeze in Bhutan:
Consequences in Assam 26. ULFA: Talking about Talks 27. 'War' against
Indian State: Real Victims and Outcome 28. Prospects for Peace in Assam.
PART FIVE. Homeland Politics 29. Land, Source of all Trouble 30. BTC: Going
Round in Circles? PART SIX. From the Borders of a Borderland Who Owns
History? 31. Who Owns History? 32. Manipur: Burdens of the Past 33. Naga
Talks: Territory first, Sovereignty later 34. Insurgencies in Manipur:
Politics and Ideology 35. Going Round the Mulberry Bush. PART SEVEN.
Theoretical Underpinnings 36. Varieties of Separatism 37. Separatist
Movements in the North-East Rhetoric and Reality 38. Agenda for
Recolonisation? Epilogue. Bibliography. About the Author. Index.
Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction. PART ONE. The Word and the Idea
1. The Politics of a Script Demand for the Acceptance of Roman Script for
Bodo Language 2. Rightful Place for Assamese Language: Scholarly Labours of
Missionaries 3. Census in Assam: The Question of Mother Tongue 4. Shaping
the Sound and Scripting a Solution 5. Speech, Script and Pronunciation: The
Sound and the Word of Assam and Asom. PART TWO. Ethnicity and Identity 6.
Strident Tribal Nationalism 7. Tribal Ferment in Assam 8. Assam's Search
for Identity 9. More than just Nomenclature 10. Chasing a Mirage 11.
Reinventing Identities 12. Massacres Unbound: Outrage Selective 13.
Manufacturing Identities? 14. In the Name of Tribal Identities 15. Behind
the Adivasi Unrest in Assam 16. Identity Politics: Where it is leading 17.
To Divide is to Multiply 18. The Bodoland Territorial Council: Promises and
Problems. PART THREE. Issues of Culture and Belief 19. Commitment to
Identity: Cultural Dimensions of Ethnic Agitations 20. Process of
Consolidation: Assam's Inherent Problems 21. A Natural Process of
Transformation. PART FOUR. Discontent and Revolt 22. Serviceable Memory and
Persistence of the Past 23. The Search for 'Permanent Solutions' 24. The
Fallacy of Internally Coherent Homelands 25. Squeeze in Bhutan:
Consequences in Assam 26. ULFA: Talking about Talks 27. 'War' against
Indian State: Real Victims and Outcome 28. Prospects for Peace in Assam.
PART FIVE. Homeland Politics 29. Land, Source of all Trouble 30. BTC: Going
Round in Circles? PART SIX. From the Borders of a Borderland Who Owns
History? 31. Who Owns History? 32. Manipur: Burdens of the Past 33. Naga
Talks: Territory first, Sovereignty later 34. Insurgencies in Manipur:
Politics and Ideology 35. Going Round the Mulberry Bush. PART SEVEN.
Theoretical Underpinnings 36. Varieties of Separatism 37. Separatist
Movements in the North-East Rhetoric and Reality 38. Agenda for
Recolonisation? Epilogue. Bibliography. About the Author. Index.
1. The Politics of a Script Demand for the Acceptance of Roman Script for
Bodo Language 2. Rightful Place for Assamese Language: Scholarly Labours of
Missionaries 3. Census in Assam: The Question of Mother Tongue 4. Shaping
the Sound and Scripting a Solution 5. Speech, Script and Pronunciation: The
Sound and the Word of Assam and Asom. PART TWO. Ethnicity and Identity 6.
Strident Tribal Nationalism 7. Tribal Ferment in Assam 8. Assam's Search
for Identity 9. More than just Nomenclature 10. Chasing a Mirage 11.
Reinventing Identities 12. Massacres Unbound: Outrage Selective 13.
Manufacturing Identities? 14. In the Name of Tribal Identities 15. Behind
the Adivasi Unrest in Assam 16. Identity Politics: Where it is leading 17.
To Divide is to Multiply 18. The Bodoland Territorial Council: Promises and
Problems. PART THREE. Issues of Culture and Belief 19. Commitment to
Identity: Cultural Dimensions of Ethnic Agitations 20. Process of
Consolidation: Assam's Inherent Problems 21. A Natural Process of
Transformation. PART FOUR. Discontent and Revolt 22. Serviceable Memory and
Persistence of the Past 23. The Search for 'Permanent Solutions' 24. The
Fallacy of Internally Coherent Homelands 25. Squeeze in Bhutan:
Consequences in Assam 26. ULFA: Talking about Talks 27. 'War' against
Indian State: Real Victims and Outcome 28. Prospects for Peace in Assam.
PART FIVE. Homeland Politics 29. Land, Source of all Trouble 30. BTC: Going
Round in Circles? PART SIX. From the Borders of a Borderland Who Owns
History? 31. Who Owns History? 32. Manipur: Burdens of the Past 33. Naga
Talks: Territory first, Sovereignty later 34. Insurgencies in Manipur:
Politics and Ideology 35. Going Round the Mulberry Bush. PART SEVEN.
Theoretical Underpinnings 36. Varieties of Separatism 37. Separatist
Movements in the North-East Rhetoric and Reality 38. Agenda for
Recolonisation? Epilogue. Bibliography. About the Author. Index.