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A century of protests : peasant politics in Assam since 1900 /

Addressing an important gap in the historiography of modern Assam, this book traces the relatively unexplored but profound transformations in the agrarian landscape of late- and post-colonial Assam that were instrumental in the making of modern Assamese peasantry and rural politics. It discusses the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Saikia, Arupjyoti, 1969- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2014.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. An Agrarian setting : 1900-50
  • 2. Rural society, rural politics and nationalist peasants
  • 3. Tenants, sharecroppers and communists
  • 4. Peasants, nationalists and political possibilities (1920-48)
  • 5. Rural world upside down : the valley during 1948-52
  • 6. Rural mobilization, social dynamics and rural politics
  • 7. Peasants, law and nationalist identity : an unfulfilled dream.