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Environment and Ethnicity in India, 1200-1991 (Hardcover) Loot Price: R3,336
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Environment and Ethnicity in India, 1200-1991 (Hardcover): Sumit Guha

Environment and Ethnicity in India, 1200-1991 (Hardcover)

Sumit Guha

Series: Cambridge Studies in Indian History and Society

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Drawing on a rich collection of sources, Sumit Guha's 1999 book reconstructs the history of the forest communities in western India to explore questions of tribal identity and the environment. In so doing, he demonstrates how the ideology of indigenous cultures, developed out of the notion of a pure and untouched ethnicity, is in fact rooted in nineteenth-century racial and colonial anthropology. As a challenge to this view, the author traces the processes by which the apparently immutable identities of South Asian populations took shape, and how these populations interacted politically, economically and socially with civilizations outside their immediate vicinity. While such theories have been discussed by scholars of South-East Asia and Africa, this study examines the South Asian case. Sumit Guha's penetrating and controversial critique will make a significant contribution to that literature.

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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Cambridge Studies in Indian History and Society
Release date: July 1999
First published: 1999
Authors: Sumit Guha
Dimensions: 229 x 155 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 234
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-64078-7
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General
Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Human biology & related topics > Biological anthropology > General
Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
LSN: 0-521-64078-4
Barcode: 9780521640787

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