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Author : James Philip Mills
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Pangsha Letters written by James Philip Mills and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert Lyman
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 030682468X
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (68 download)
Download or read book Among the Headhunters written by Robert Lyman and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2016-06-07 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flying the notorious "Hump" route between India and China in 1943, a twin-engine plane suffered mechanical failure and crashed in a dense mountain jungle, deep within Japanese-held territory. Among the passengers and crew were celebrated CBS journalist Eric Sevareid, an OSS operative who was also a Soviet double agent, and General Joseph "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell's personal political adviser. Against the odds, all but one of the twenty-one people aboard the doomed aircraft survived-it remains the largest civilian evacuation of an aircraft by parachute. But they fell from the frying pan into the fire. Disentangling themselves from their parachutes, the shocked survivors discovered that they had arrived in wild country dominated by a tribe with a special reason to hate white men. The Nagas were notorious headhunters who routinely practiced slavery and human sacrifice, their specialty being the removal of enemy heads. Japanese soldiers lay close by, too, with their own brand of hatred for Americans. Among the Headhunters tells-for the first time-the incredible true story of the adventures of these men among the Naga warriors, their sustenance from the air by the USAAF, and their ultimate rescue. It is also a story of two very different worlds colliding-young Americans, exuberant apostles of their country's vast industrial democracy, coming face-to-face with the Naga, an ancient tribe determined to preserve its local power based on headhunting and slaving.
Author : Jean Michaud
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442272791
Total Pages : 595 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of the Peoples of the Southeast Asian Massif written by Jean Michaud and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-10-14 with total page 595 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dwelling in the highland areas of Northeast India, Bangladesh, Southwest China, Taiwan, Burma (Myanmar), Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, and Peninsular Malaysia are hundreds of “peoples”. Together their population adds up to 100 million, more than most of the countries they live in. Yet in each of these countries, they are regarded as minorities. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Peoples of the Southeast Asian Massif contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 700 cross-referenced entries on about 300 groups, the ten countries they live in, their historical figures, and their salient political, economic, social, cultural and religious aspects. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more.
Author : Debojyoti Das
Publisher : Anthem Press
ISBN 13 : 1783087765
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)
Download or read book The Politics of Swidden farming written by Debojyoti Das and published by Anthem Press. This book was released on 2018-09-28 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Politics of Swidden Farming offers a new explanation for the changes taking place in swidden farming practised in the highlands of eastern India through an ethnographic case study. The book traces the story of agroecological change and state intervention to colonial times, and helps understand contemporary agrarian change by contextualizing farming not just in terms of the science and technology of agriculture or conservation and biodiversity but also in terms of technologies of rule. The Politics of Swidden Farming adds a new dimension to the underdeveloped literature on shifting cultivation in South Asia by focusing on the social ecology of farming and agrarian change in the hills. It provides a comparative viewpoint to state-centred and donor-driven development in the frontier region by bringing in different actors and institutions that become the actants and agents of social change.
Author : Meenaxi Barkataki-Ruscheweyh
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199091277
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (99 download)
Download or read book Dancing to the State written by Meenaxi Barkataki-Ruscheweyh and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-02-15 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can small indigenous communities survive as distinct cultural entities in northeast India, an area characterized by mind-boggling ethnic, linguistic, and cultural diversity? What are the choices that such minority groups have, and how do they resist further marginalization? Diversity in northeast India is often celebrated and performed. There has been a spate of ethnic festivals in this region in the recent years, but a question remains: Are these activities of ethnic revival signs of increasing agency or proof of their continued marginalization? Situated around the tiny Tangsa community of Assam, this narrative ethnography looks at ethnic marginality and the compulsions imposed on minority communities by the dominant community, state policies, and political borders. The concerns of the Tangsa community through multiple case studies while also reflecting on questions arising from the fact that she belongs to the dominant Assamese In a novel anthropological endeavour, the author portrays community. Unlike a theoretical treatise, the aim in this book is to empower the subjects of study by narrating their life stories and everyday concerns in simple language, thereby addressing a wider audience.
Author : Frank B. Simson
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Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Letters on Sport in Eastern Bengal written by Frank B. Simson and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Vicky Thomas
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752477854
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)
Download or read book The Naga Queen written by Vicky Thomas and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-11-30 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1937, Ursula Bower visited Nagaland at the invitation of a friend, and on a dispensary tour encountered the Naga people. She was so taken was with their striking dignity, tribal pride and unique culture that she arranged to live among them to write an anthropological study. But she became more than an observer – living alone among them, Ursula was integrated into their village life, becoming their figurehead when in 1944 the Japanese invaded the jungles of Nagaland from Burma. The Nagas turned to her for leadership and with the support of General Slim, her Naga guides were armed and trained to patrol and repel the Japanese incursions. The Nagas' courage and loyalty were duly recognised, and after the conflict Ursula, with Naga support, went on to run a jungle training school for the RAF. Later, with her husband, Tim Betts as Political Officer, she worked among the volatile tribes of the remote Apa Tani Valley, bordering Tibet. Following the Independence of India in 1947, Ursula returned to her highland roots, but to her death in 1988, her experiences among the Naga people shaped and directed her life.
Author : Vibha Arora
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1351998005
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)
Download or read book Democratisation in the Himalayas written by Vibha Arora and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-02-03 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Democratisation is a formidable task in the Himalayan region owing to its immense cultural heterogeneity. The process of democratisation has accentuated ethnic competition, assertion of identity and demand for ethnic homelands to protect, safeguard and promote political and development interests of various groups. The book argues that the play of ethnicity, the creation of political parties and interest groups, the emergence of social movements, the voice of protest and opposition do not indicate a crisis in democracy, but comprise the instruments by which the state is pushed towards reform, welfare, inclusive politics, and is obliged to listen to the people.
Author : Weltmuseum Wien Friends
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN 13 : 3643998376
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (439 download)
Download or read book Archiv 61-62 written by Weltmuseum Wien Friends and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Arthur James Wells
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1270 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The British National Bibliography written by Arthur James Wells and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 1270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : North East India History Association. Session
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Proceedings of North East India History Association written by North East India History Association. Session and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Journal of Borderlands Studies written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mushirul Hasan
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 572 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Unfinished Agenda written by Mushirul Hasan and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Volume Provides Multidisciplinary Perspectives On Nation Building In South Asia. It Results From An Interchange Of Views And Perspectives Between Indian And Japanese Scholars Who Participated In A Conference Held At The Institute Of Oriental Culture, University Of Tokyo.
Author : Carol Ann Boshier
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538159899
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)
Download or read book Forgotten Voices of the British Empire written by Carol Ann Boshier and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-02-16 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study investigates the contribution made by outsiders in accumulating knowledge from the days of the East India Company until the early twentieth century, when photography became an important tool for recording information. It focuses on heterogeneous voices on the periphery, who interacted with the indigenous population to produce knowledge in original or unexpected ways that extended beyond the limits prescribed by the term ‘colonial.’ Largely unrecognized today, their endeavors to satisfy their own intellectual curiosity, or improve their material circumstances, produced a perspective on colonial life that stripped away conventions; where their ordinary everyday experiences sometimes became extraordinary, as they forged new networks throughout the subcontinent and beyond its frontiers. Their journeys and experiences offer a discursive historical construct as significant as official reports, censuses, and surveys, and contribute towards our understanding of the diverse creative processes through which intellectual histories of the colonial state were constructed.
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Total Pages : 652 pages
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Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 726 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Samrat Choudhury
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 1787389529
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (873 download)
Download or read book Northeast India written by Samrat Choudhury and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-06-29 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As India and the world are roiled by questions of nationalism and identity, this book journeys into the history of one of the world's newest and most fascinating regions: Northeast India. Having appeared with the stroke of a pen in 1947, as the British Raj was torn asunder and partitioned into India and Pakistan, this is a region of hills inhabited by myriad tribes. Until colonial rule, they had lived in their ancient ways largely unmolested by their neighbors, who were rather keen to avoid their traditions of head-hunting. Samrat Choudhury chronicles the processes by which these remote hill-tribes, and the diverse other peoples inhabiting the valley of the vast Brahmaputra River below, became parts of the 'imagined nation' that is India. Through the invention of the Northeast, he explores two other ideas of India that remain in daily competition: Bharat, the Hindu nationalist conception of the country, and Hindustan, the Persian-origin name by which India is still known as far west as Turkey. Taking a long view, this absorbing political history chronicles the separate pathways by which imperialism, Christianity and the British love of tea brought each of the contemporary region's constituent states, kicking and screaming, into modern India.
