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Stateless in South Asia : the Chakmas between Bangladesh and India /
What does it mean to be 'stateless' in the modern postcolonial context? This fascinating study addresses this complex question through the case of the Chakma refugees in Arunachal Pradesh. The largely neglected social history of the ethnic Buddhist Chakmas, whose homeland is the Chittagong...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Los Angeles : Bangalore :
Sage ; New India Foundation,
2010.
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| Colección: | Sage studies on India's north east.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | What does it mean to be 'stateless' in the modern postcolonial context? This fascinating study addresses this complex question through the case of the Chakma refugees in Arunachal Pradesh. The largely neglected social history of the ethnic Buddhist Chakmas, whose homeland is the Chittagong Hill Tracts (in the present day Bangladesh), carries the multiple imprints of partition, dominant development paradigm and religious persecution. As refugees in the strategically sensitive and disputed territory of Arunachal Pradesh in India's Northeast, they are locked in an intractable conflict over land a. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 289 pages) : maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9788132104940 8132104943 9788132102366 8132102363 |