Contemporary Archaeology of Post-Displacement Resettlement - Delhis 1947 Partition Refugee Homescapes

This book explores the archaeology of the 1947 Partition, the largest mass migration in human history, and the resulting resettlement of half a million refugees in Delhi, India's capital city.

List of contents

1. A City of Refugees; Section 1: Built Landscapes of Resettlement; 2. The Reuse of a Colonial Capital as Refugee Resource; 3. The Government Refugee Colony and Dreams of Egalitarianism-cum-Enterprise; Section 2: People's Perceptions of Place; 4. Refugees and Evacuee Properties: Mitigating Memories and Meanings in Reused Out-Migrant Homes; 5. Refugees and Government Colonies: Exercising Autonomy in Allotted Space; 6. Those Who Build Nations: Belonging as Lived and Malleable

About the author

Erin P. Riggs is an assistant professor of Anthropology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is a contemporary and historical archaeologist, and her research interests include welfare state initiatives, material culture, built landscapes, national belonging, and displacement in the recent past.

Summary

This book explores the archaeology of the 1947 Partition, the largest mass migration in human history, and the resulting resettlement of half a million refugees in Delhi, India’s capital city.

Product details

• Authors: Erin P. Riggs
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.05.2024
• EAN: 9781032161167
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3216116-7
• No. of pages: 246
• Series: Routledge Archaeologies of the Contemporary World
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Anthropology, Society & culture: general, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, India, Asian History, Archaeology by period / region, Society and culture: general, c 1940 to c 1949, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), National Capital Territory of Delhi, HISTORY / Asia / South / India