War and Nationalism in South Asia - The Indian State and the Nagas

Informationen zum Autor Marcus Franke is Visiting Lecturer at the South Asian Institute, Heidelberg, Germany. His current research focuses on the cosmology of political élites. Klappentext This book presents and analyzes the oldest sub-national war of postcolonial South Asia, the one between the Indian state and the Nagas of Northeast India. Zusammenfassung This book presents and analyzes the oldest sub-national war of postcolonial South Asia, the one between the Indian state and the Nagas of Northeast India. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. British Imperial Expansion and Historical Agency – 1820s–1850s 2. The Nagas, the Angami Case – Polity and War, 1820s–1880 3. Imperial Conquest and Withdrawal, 1860s–1947 4. The Transformation of Naga Societies under Colonialism 5. Nation-building and the Nagas, 1947–64 6. The Nagas’ War 7. Divide-and-Rule 8. From Nation to Civil Society. Conclusion

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• Authors: Marcus Franke, Marcus (University of Heidelberg Franke, Franke Marcus
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.12.2008
• EAN: 9780415437417
• ISBN: 978-0-415-43741-7
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Routledge Advances in South Asian Studies; Routledge Advances in South As; Routledge Advances in South Asian Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Nationalism, India, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Asian History, Armed Conflict, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General