Author: John M'Cosh
Publisher:
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Category : Assam (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 202

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Author: Guptajit Pathak
Publisher: Mittal Publications
ISBN: 9788183242516
Category : Assam (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 256

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Author: William Wilson Hunter
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Category : Assam (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 432

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Author: Calcutta (India). Imperial library
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 568

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Author: Arupjyoti Saikia
Publisher: Penguin Random House India Private Limited
ISBN: 9357082123
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 607

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'A model work of historical scholarship'-Ramachandra Guha 'The most well-researched, comprehensive history of contemporary Assam ever written'-Partha Chatterjee The crucial battles of World War II fought in India's north-east-followed soon after by Independence and Partition-had a critical impact on the making of modern Assam. In the three decades following 1947, the state of Assam underwent massive political turmoil, geographical instability, and social and demographic upheaval, among others. Later, the truncated state suffered widespread unrest as various groups believed their cultural identity and political leverage were under threat. New social energies and political forces were unleashed and came to the fore. Definitive, comprehensive and unputdownable, The Quest for Modern Assam explores the interconnected layers of political, environmental, economic and cultural processes that shaped the development of Assam since the 1940s. It offers an authoritative account that sets new standards in the writing of regional political history. Not to be missed by any one keen on Assam, India, Asia or world history in the twentieth century.

Author: Suryya Kumar Bhuyan
Publisher:
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Category : Assam (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 76

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Author: Rakhee Bhattacharya
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000923312
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 290

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This volume studies the intersection of capital and ecology primarily in one of the most sensitive geographies of the world, the Eastern Himalayan region. It looks at how the region has become a melting ground of neoliberal developmentalism and ecological subjectivities with the penetrating forces of global and state capitalism, economic projects, and complex power relations. The essays in the volume argue that specific focus on energy infrastructure and energy production has pushed technology and capital towards asset building which has had an adverse effect on the environment, labour relations, indigenous knowledge systems, and traditional livelihood practices in the area. They look at assets like mega dams, electricity transmission networks, natural gas grids, infrastructural and developmental projects, and other alternative ventures which require interventions in the natural world and its resource deposits. Interdisciplinary in approach, the volume adopts a variety of lenses — developmentalism, state strategy, indigenous voices, geopolitics, and environmentalism — to provide a unique and alternative narrative on the various dimensions of the ecological risks and livelihood threats. It will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of politics, development studies, indigenous studies, and Asian studies.

Author: Arupjyoti Saikia
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190990406
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 498

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The unruly Brahmaputra has always been an agent in shaping both the landscape of its valley and the livelihoods of its inhabitants. But how much do we know of this river’s rich past? Historian Arupjyoti Saikia’s biography of the Brahmaputra reimagines the layered history of Assam with the unquiet river at the centre. The book combines a range of disciplinary scholarship to unravel the geological forces as well as human endeavour which have shaped the river into what it is today. Wonderfully illuminated with archival detail and interwoven with narratives and striking connections, the book allows the reader to imagine the Brahmaputra’s course in history. This evocative and compelling book will be interesting reading for anyone trying to understand the past and the present of a river confronted by the twenty-first century’s ambitious infrastructural designs to further re-engineer the river and its landscape.

Author: Geological Survey of India
Publisher:
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 800

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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 432

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