1st Edition
Hunter, Peasant, Rebel Colonialism and the British Assam Frontier
By Manjeet Baruah
Copyright 2025
228 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge India
228 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge India
228 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge India
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British Assam holds an important place in the history of the British Empire in South Asia. This is especially so in the context of colonial frontier- making. It is in this regard that the book examines what it culturally meant to be a hunter, peasant or rebel between the late nineteenth and mid-twentieth centuries in the British Assam frontier. The book highlights that these figures are of... Read more
Acknowledgements. List of Figures. Introduction. 1 Commerce and Hunting: Memoir, Adventure, Representation 2. Historical Ballads: Genre, Peasants, and History 3. Bishnu Prasad Rabha: The Making of a Rebel’s Worldview 4. Culture and Frontier: Colonialism, Form, and Crisis 5. Conclusion. Appendices. Bibliography. Index.
Biography
Manjeet Baruah is Assistant Professor at the Special Centre for the Study of North East India, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
