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  • Children of Colonialism

    Anglo-Indians in a Postcolonial World

    by Lionel Caplan ...
    Among the legacies of the colonial encounter are any number of contemporary ‘mixed-race' populations, descendants of the offspring of sexual unions involving European men (colonial officials, traders, etc.) and local women. These groups invite serious scholarly attention because they not only challenge notions of a rigid divide between colonizer and colonized, but beg a host of questions about ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Land and Social Change in East Nepal

    A Study of Hindu-Tribal Relations

    by Professor Lionel Caplan, Lionel Caplan ...
    This book examines the relations between the Limbus, an indigenous tribal people in East Nepal, and the Hindus who have entered their region during the past two hundred years. Describing the divisions which have arisen between the two groups as a result of confrontation over land, the book nonetheless stresses how they are linked by ties of economic and political interdependence and in so doing, ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

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  • DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR WRITINGS AND SPEECHES VOL. 1

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  • Nepal An Historical Miscellany

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    by Mahesh C. Regmi ...
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    This volume, Nepal: An Historical Miscellany, contains materials on different aspects of Nepals social and economic history, as well as the religious and cultural life of the Nepali people. It is divided into six parts as follows: Law and Administration, Caste and Social Life, Land and Agriculture, Womens Problems, Forests and the Environment and Religion and Culture. The emphasis is on the ... Read more

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  • GANDHI’S KHADI

    A History of Contention and Conciliation

    by Rahul Ramagundam ...
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  • Peasants and Workers in Nepal

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    The fieldwork on which this collection of essays on peasants and workers in Nepal is based was undertaken in the mid-1970s, by an international team associated with the Overseas Development Group at the University of East Anglia. The fieldwork also gave rise to several other publications, including Nepal in Crisis and The Struggle for Basic Needs in Nepal (both now re-published by Adroit ... Read more

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  • A Study in Nepali Economic History 1768-1846

    by Mahesh Chandra Regmi ...
    This attempt to study Nepali economic history during the period from 1768 to 1846 may require an explanation, but hardly any apology. There has no doubt been a spurt in historical writing in Nepal in recent years. The patience and perseverance of a number of individuals in discovering and bringing to light documents, inscriptions and other source materials belonging to different historical periods ... Read more

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  • Courts and Their Judgments

    Premises, Prerequisites, Consequences

    by Arun Shourie ...
    'An outstanding effort' - Chief Justice Venkatachaliah 'An extraordinary book' - Fali S. Nariman 'Unputdownable' - Ashok Desai First published in 2001, Courts and Their Judgments soon became a pioneering work on the subject. It raised important questions on the functioning of our judiciary - questions that continue to be as relevant today. Do judges merely enforce and interpret the law? Or do they ... Read more

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  • Subjugated Nomads

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    by Sutapa Chatterjee Sarkar ...
    The book is about the colonization of the Sunderbans that began with the coming of the British. For two centuries, land-hungry peasants strove to transform the tidal forest vegetation into an agro- ecosystem dominated by paddy fields and fish culture. The construction of a permanent railroad led to the spreading of the co- operative movement, the formation of peasant organizations, and finally ... Read more

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  • Pathways to Nationalism

    Social Transformation and Nationalist Consciousness in Colonial Tamil Nadu, 1858�1918

    by S. Ganeshram ...
    This book examines the socio-economic factors in the rise and development of nationalism in the Tamil-speaking region of the Madras Presidency in India between 1858 and 1918. It analyses the dynamic interaction between socio-economic conditions and nationalism in Tamil Nadu by applying both historical methods of documentary analysis and a sociological perspective.The volume looks at the advent of ... Read more

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