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India against itself: Assam and the politics of nationality/ Sanjib Baruah

By: Baruah, Sanjib Material type: Text

TextSeries: (Critical histories)Publication details: New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2008Description: xxiii, 257 p. ; 23 cmISBN: 9780812234916Subject(s): Politics and government | Ethnic relationsDDC classification: 320.954162

Contents:

Theoretical Considerations: The Limits of "Nation-Building" -- Colonial Geography as Destiny: Assam as a Province of British India -- The Making of a Land Frontier: Assam and Its Immigrants -- Cultural Politics of Language, Subnationalism, and Pan-Indianism -- Contested Identity, Culture Wars, and the Breakup of Colonial Assam -- Protest Against Immigration, Ethnic Rifts, and Assam's Crisis of Governability -- Militant Subnationalism, Human Rights, and the Chasm with Pan-Indianism -- "We Are Bodos, Not Assamese": Contesting a Subnational Narrative -- Conclusion: India Against Itself.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	320.954162 BAR/I (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P03114

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Theoretical Considerations: The Limits of "Nation-Building" --
Colonial Geography as Destiny: Assam as a Province of British India --
The Making of a Land Frontier: Assam and Its Immigrants --
Cultural Politics of Language, Subnationalism, and Pan-Indianism --
Contested Identity, Culture Wars, and the Breakup of Colonial Assam --
Protest Against Immigration, Ethnic Rifts, and Assam's Crisis of Governability --
Militant Subnationalism, Human Rights, and the Chasm with Pan-Indianism --
"We Are Bodos, Not Assamese": Contesting a Subnational Narrative --
Conclusion: India Against Itself.

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