Against State, Against History
Against State, Against History
Freedom, Resistance, and Statelessness in Upland Northeast India
Guite, Jangkhomang
OUP India
01/2019
364
Dura
Inglês
9780199489411
15 a 20 dias
528
Preface
List of abbreviations
Introduction
1. Enormous Dead Level: Daunting Geography, Rippling States
2. The Great Escape: Peopling the Blue Hills
3. Divided We Stand: Space, Settlement and Population Distribution Pattern
4. Pathways, Citadels and the Sentinels of the Hills
5. A Pleasurable Toil: Food, Freedom and Livelihood
6. Chiefs, Commoners and the Babel of Tongues
7. Between the Worlds Upside Down: Summoning Folktales
8. Renouncer, Restorer and Defender: Daughters of the Hills
9. Symbiotic Hill-Valley Relationship: Transactions of Space, Manpower and Resources
Conclusion: Disowning State, Becoming Egalitarian
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Preface
List of abbreviations
Introduction
1. Enormous Dead Level: Daunting Geography, Rippling States
2. The Great Escape: Peopling the Blue Hills
3. Divided We Stand: Space, Settlement and Population Distribution Pattern
4. Pathways, Citadels and the Sentinels of the Hills
5. A Pleasurable Toil: Food, Freedom and Livelihood
6. Chiefs, Commoners and the Babel of Tongues
7. Between the Worlds Upside Down: Summoning Folktales
8. Renouncer, Restorer and Defender: Daughters of the Hills
9. Symbiotic Hill-Valley Relationship: Transactions of Space, Manpower and Resources
Conclusion: Disowning State, Becoming Egalitarian
Bibliography
Index
About the author