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This book discusses the colonial history of Tribe-British relations in India. It analyses colonial literature, as well as cultural and relational issues of pre-literate communities. It interrogates disciplinary epistemology through multidisciplinary engagement. It presents the temporal and spatial dimensions of tribal studies. The chapters critically examine colonial ideology and administration and civilization of tribes of India. Each paper introduces a unique context of Tribe-British interactions and provides an innovative approach, theoretical foundation, analytical tool and methodological insights in the emerging discipline of tribal studies. The book is of interest to researchers and scholars engaged in topics related to tribes.
List of contents
Revisiting Tribe-British Relations: Tribal Worldview and Colonial Ideology at Perspective.- Engaging with Tribes of Eastern Kumaun in Colonial Era.- The Journey from Isolation to Interaction during British Raj: Case of Natives in Andaman.- Indira Goswami's The Bronz Sword of Thengphakhari Tehsildar: A Critique of the British Colonialism and its Resistance.- Institutionalisation of Dobhasi: The British strategy for the Naga tribes in North East India.- Myth and Reality of Colonial Conciliation: British Officials and Relations with Paharias (1772-1785).- Revisiting J. P. Mills' portrayal of Changki Ao Naga.- The Naga Mind: Colonial Encounter and Religion.- Revisiting Naga Resistance to British Colonialism: A Study of A Naga Village Remembered and Related Historical Texts.- The Raz, the Rajas and the Bhuiyans: Revisiting the Kenonjhar Rebellion of 1867 and its impact on Bonai.
About the author
Maguni Charan Behera, M.A., Ph.D. (Economics) from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, has been pursuing researches on tribal studies and rural economics from mid-1980s. He has authored/edited/co-edited more than 30 volumes on socio-economic and cultural life of tribal and rural people from theoretical and empirical perspectives. To his credit, he has more than sixty research papers on national and international topics published in various national and international journals. He has presented about sixty-five papers in national and international seminars/conferences in the country and abroad. He is a member of many professional bodies. Dr. Behera was a professor of Indigenous Culture Studies and Dean School of Cultural Studies, Central University of Jharkhand, before he joined as a director of Arunachal Institute of Tribal Studies, Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, India.
