In the Name of the Nation

Auteur

Sanjib Baruah is Professor of Political Studies at Bard College, New York. His previous books include India Against Itself (1999) and Durable Disorder (2005).

Texte du rabat

In the Name of the Nation offers a much-needed contemporary history of India's troubled Northeastern region.

Résumé
In the Name of the Nation offers a much-needed contemporary history of India's troubled Northeastern region.

Contenu

Introduction:

1. The Invention of Northeast India
2. Partition's Long Shadow: Nation and Citizenship in Assam
3. Development and the Making of a Postcolonial Resource Frontier
4. The Naga Conflict: Ceasefire Politics and Elusive Peace
5. Discourse of Insurgency and the Pedagogy of State Violence
6. The Strange Career of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act
   Conclusion: