Burden of history: Assam and the partition - unresolved issues

Deals with the years immediately preceding the Partition of India and takes up issues of land, language, immigration, and identity in Assam, where they continue to occupy public space. The effects of the Partition continue to hang as a spectre over the entire region. In Assam's case, its recent...

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1. Verfasser: Misra, Udayon 1945- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New Delhi Oxford University Press 2018
Ausgabe:First edition
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Zusammenfassung:Deals with the years immediately preceding the Partition of India and takes up issues of land, language, immigration, and identity in Assam, where they continue to occupy public space. The effects of the Partition continue to hang as a spectre over the entire region. In Assam's case, its recent history seems to have subsumed its 'glorious past', with geography playing a crucial role in determining its present position vis-a-vis the Indian state. The author outlines the present contentious issues in the state, which seem to defy any solution and which are increasingly adding to the growing human tragedy of the region in the light of developments which occurred in the pre- and post-Partition years
Beschreibung:This edition previously issued in print:. - Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:9780199090914
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780199478361.001.0001

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