Against State, Against History: Freedom, Resistance, and Statelessness in Upland Northeast India/
by Jangkhomang Guite.
- New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2019.
- 301p;, xvii, 15 cm.
CONTENTS: Introduction. 1. An Enormous Dead Level: Daunting Geography, Rippling States. 2. The Great Escape: Peopling the Blue Hills. 3. Divided We Stand: Space, Settlement and Population Distribution Pattern. 4. Pathways, Citadels and Sentinels of the Hills. 5. A Pleasurable Toil: Food, Freedom, and Livelihood. 6. Chiefs, Commoners, and the Babel of Tongues. 7. Between the Worlds Upside Down: Summoning Folktales. 8. Renouncer, Restorer, and Defender: Daughters of the Hills. 6. Symbiotic Hill-Valley Relationship: Transactions of Space, Manpower and Resources. Conclusion. References. Index. About the Author.