An endangered history: indigeneity, religion, and politics on the borders of India, Burma, and Bangladesh

'An Endangered History' is an account of the little-studied region of the Chittagong Hill Tracts of British-governed Bengal, from the late 18th to the mid-20th centuries. The Chittagong Hill Tracts lie on the crossroads of India, east Bengal (now Bangladesh) and Burma (contemporary Myanmar...

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1. Verfasser: Jhala, Angma Dey 1978- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch Karte
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New Delhi Oxford University Press 2019
Ausgabe:First edition
Schriftenreihe:Oxford scholarship online
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Zusammenfassung:'An Endangered History' is an account of the little-studied region of the Chittagong Hill Tracts of British-governed Bengal, from the late 18th to the mid-20th centuries. The Chittagong Hill Tracts lie on the crossroads of India, east Bengal (now Bangladesh) and Burma (contemporary Myanmar). An area of lush rivers and fertile valleys, it has historically been celebrated for its haunting natural beauty and religious heterodoxy from the chronicles of Mughal governors to the ethnohistories of British colonial administrators. The region is composed of several indigenous or 'tribal' communities, whose transcultural histories defied colonial and later postcolonial taxonomies of identity and difference
Beschreibung:This edition also issued in print: 2019
Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:9780199096909
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780199493081.001.0001

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