An endangered history, indigeneity, religion, and politics on the borders of India, Burma, and Bangladesh, Angma Dey Jhala
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An endangered history, indigeneity, religion, and politics on the borders of India, Burma, and Bangladesh, Angma Dey Jhala
Language
eng
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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illustrationsmaps
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index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
An endangered history
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electronic resource
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dictionariesbibliography
Oclc number
1113012195
Responsibility statement
Angma Dey Jhala
Series statement
Oxford scholarship online.
Sub title
indigeneity, religion, and politics on the borders of India, Burma, and Bangladesh
Summary
'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.--, Provided by publisher
Target audience
specialized
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