Subalterns and Sovereigns An Anthropological History of Bastar, 1854-1996 |
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| Author:
| Sundar, Nandini |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-564116-5 |
| Publication Date: | May 1998 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $28.95 |
Book Description:
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This book traces the expansion of the colonial and post-colonial state in Bastar, Madhya Pradesh, and popular resistance to it. The central themes are the transformations in the kingship under indirect colonial rule and in independent India, growing restrictions on popular access to land and forest.
This book traces the expansion of the colonial and post-colonial state in Bastar, Madhya Pradesh, and popular resistance to it. The central themes are the transformations in the kingship under indirect colonial rule and in independent India, growing restrictions on popular access to land and forest.