In the Name of the Nation - India and Its Northeast

In the Name of the Nation offers a much-needed contemporary history of India's troubled Northeastern region.

List of contents

Introduction:

1. The Invention of Northeast India

2. Partition's Long Shadow: Nation and Citizenship in Assam

3. Development and the Making of a Postcolonial Resource Frontier

4. The Naga Conflict: Ceasefire Politics and Elusive Peace

5. Discourse of Insurgency and the Pedagogy of State Violence

6. The Strange Career of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act

Conclusion:

About the author

Sanjib Baruah is Professor of Political Studies at Bard College, New York. His previous books include India Against Itself (1999) and Durable Disorder (2005).

Summary

In the Name of the Nation offers a much-needed contemporary history of India's troubled Northeastern region.

Product details

• Authors: Sanjib Baruah
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9781503610705
• ISBN: 978-1-5036-1070-5
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: South Asia in Motion
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous