An endangered history indigeneity, religion, and politics on the borders of India, Burma, and Bangladesh
An Endangered History examines the transcultural, colonial history of the Chittagong Hill Tracts, c. 1798-1947. This little-studied borderland region lies on the crossroads of Bangladesh, India, and Burma and is inhabited by several indigenous peoples. They observe a diversity of religions, includin...
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New Delhi
Oxford University Press
2019
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Inhaltsangabe:
- 'Promiscuous' planting : Francis Buchanan's botanical explorations of 1798
- 'Beware oh petticoats! There be leeches in these parts' : reading gender, indigeneity, and tribal authority in T.H. Lewin's archive, c. 1864-75
- Measuring tribal 'otherness' : Colonial enumeration, religion, and governmentality, c. 1876-1909
- The administrator (as) anthropologist : reinventing tribal chiefs as Indian princes in J.P. Mills's 1926 tour diary, report, and proposals