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The roots of the periphery : a history of the Gonds of Deccan India / Bhangya Bhukya

Author
Bhukya, Bhangya
Published
New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Description
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white)
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Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1.Remembering Rajas, Remembering Sovereignty: the Gond Community and Its Politics -- 2.Subordinating the Sovereigns: the Colonial Project of Taming the Gond Rajas -- 3.Enclosing Land: the Making of the Colonial State in the Hills -- 4.Enclosing Adivasis: the Making of the Colonial Periphery -- 5.Insurgency and Developmentalism: An Unresolved Tangle.
Summary
Is primitivism a consequence of the natural evolution of some human societies? Or is it a conscious choice by such societies to evade state power? In 'The Roots of the Periphery', Bhangya Bhukya sets out to answer these questions by taking as his focal point the case of the Gond dynasty of the erstwhile Chanda region of Deccan India. He examines the evolution of Gond society over an extensive period, demonstrating how the British colonial government created an administrative divide between the plains and the hills, thus stereotyping hill and forest communities as isolated, primitive, barbaric, and uncivilized in order to deny them self-rule.
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ISBN
9780199087440 (ebook)
Audience Notes
Specialized.
Note
This edition previously issued in print: 2017.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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