Bengal Borderland - Beyond State and Nation in South Asia

Informationen zum Autor Willem van Schendel Klappentext A look at South Asia beyond state and nation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Figures, Plates, Tables; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1. Studying Borderlands, 2. Partition Studies; 3. Radcliffe's Fateful Line; 4. A Patchwork Border; 5. Security the Territory; 6. Defiance and Accommodation; 7. The Flow of Goods; 8. Narratives of Border Crossing; 9. Migrants, Fences and Deportation; 10. Rebels and Bandits; 11. 'Rifle Raj' and the Killer Border; 12. Nation and Borderland; 13. Conclusion: Beyond State and Nation; Appendix, References, Index

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• Authors: Willem Van Schendel, Willem van Schendel
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2004
• EAN: 9781843311447
• ISBN: 978-1-84331-144-7
• No. of pages: 440
• Series: Anthem South Asian Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Myanmar, Pakistan, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Bangladesh, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, India, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Asian History, Myanmar (Burma), c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), HISTORY / Asia / South / India