An endangered history indigeneity, religion, and politics on the borders of India, Burma, and Bangladesh
'An Endangered History' is an account of the little-studied region of the Chittagong Hill Tracts of British-governed Bengal, from the late 18th to the mid-20th centuries. The Chittagong Hill Tracts lie on the crossroads of India, east Bengal (now Bangladesh) and Burma (contemporary Myanmar...
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| Format: | Online |
| Sprache: | eng |
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New Delhi
Oxford University Press
2019
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| Ausgabe: | First edition |
| Schriftenreihe: | Oxford scholarship online
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Geschichte 1798-1947
> Indigenes Volk
> Anthropologie
> Ethnologie
> Verwaltung
> Wissensproduktion
> Erforschung
> Chittagong Hill Tracts (Bangladesh : Region) / History
> South Asia / History
> Great Britain / Colonies / History
> South Asia / Religion
> India / Boundaries / Bangladesh
> India / Boundaries / Burma
> Chittagong Hill Tracts
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | 'An Endangered History' is an account of the little-studied region of the Chittagong Hill Tracts of British-governed Bengal, from the late 18th to the mid-20th centuries. The Chittagong Hill Tracts lie on the crossroads of India, east Bengal (now Bangladesh) and Burma (contemporary Myanmar). An area of lush rivers and fertile valleys, it has historically been celebrated for its haunting natural beauty and religious heterodoxy from the chronicles of Mughal governors to the ethnohistories of British colonial administrators. The region is composed of several indigenous or 'tribal' communities, whose transcultural histories defied colonial and later postcolonial taxonomies of identity and difference |
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| Beschreibung: | This edition also issued in print: 2019 Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource Illustrationen, Karten |
| ISBN: | 9780199096909 978-0-19-909690-9 |