Author: Thomas Thornville Cooper
Publisher: Mittal Publications
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 296

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Author: T. T. Cooper
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 336817732X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1873.

Author: Thomas Thornville Cooper
Publisher: London, H. S. King & Company
ISBN:
Category : Assam (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 342

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Author: Mamang Dai
Publisher: Rupa Publications
ISBN: 9789382277231
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 296

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Set in the mid-nineteenth century, the action takes place in the Northeast-the region that spreads from Assam to Arunachal today. The East India Company is seeking to make inroads into the region and the local people-in particular the Abor and Mishmee tribes fear their coming and are doing all they can to keep them out of their territories. The author takes a recorded historical event-the mysterious disappearance of a French priest, Father Nicolas Krick in the 1850s and the execution of Kajinsha from the Mishmee tribe for his murder and woven a gripping, densely imagined work of fiction around it. And, even as the novel tells the story of an impossible journey and an elopement, it explores the themes of the lure of unknown worlds, the love people have for each other and their land and the forces of history. Gimur, a girl from the Abor tribe, runs away with Kajinsha from the Mishmee tribe and they settle down on his land near the Tibetan border. Father Krick's attempts to reach Tibet to set up a Jesuit mission are foiled repeatedly by the local people not because of any personal animus towards the priests or their work but because they feel rightly that once the priests come, the British, with their guns and their garrisons will follow. The story revolves around events in Gimur's and Kajinsha's villages and is also seen from the point of view of Father Krick, a gentle, intelligent man, devout but no bigot, whose determination to reach Tibet no matter what the cost, impacts tragically on all those who encounter him.

Author: Thomas Thornville Cooper
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: T T (Thomas Thornville) 18 Cooper
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781014509956
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 334

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Category : Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 894

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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 896

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Author: T T Cooper
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781020090004
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Join T. T. Cooper on his daring expedition into the Mishmee Hills, a rugged and remote region on the border between India and Tibet. Experience the thrill of adventure as he describes his encounters with the region's wildlife, landscape, and people. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author: Jangkhomang Guite
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199094152
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 448

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Life on the margins of the state is not a dark, static, and silent world. It is, in fact, a radiant world, involving multiple processes of reenactment of life, lifeways, and individual–community relations. This book is a radical reevaluation of the dominant civilizational narratives on the ‘tribes’ that normally demonize them as a ‘nuisance’ to the ‘civilized’ Northeast India. The book delves into the migration history and the conditions in Northeast India in which sections of the valley population escaped to the hills against the state. It explores how in this physical dispersion to the highland terrain, they choose an independent village polity, defended by trained warriors, fortressed at the top of hills, connected by repulsive pathways, following the jhum economy, and adopting pliable social, cultural, ethnic and gender formations. This condition of the society is understood as one of statelessness’ or ‘unstate’, the process involving disowning the state and becoming an egalitarian society where freedom of individuals is located at the core of their cultural collective.