An Endangered History: Indigeneity, Religion, and Politics on the Borders of India, Burma, and Bangladesh 1st Edition Angma Dey Jhala

An Endangered History: Indigeneity, Religion, and Politics on the Borders of India, Burma, and Bangladesh 1st Edition – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780199096916,0199096910,0199493081, 9780199493081

Product details:

• ISBN-10: 0199493081
• ISBN-13: 9780199493081
• Author: Angma Dey Jhala

An Endangered History examines the transcultural, colonial history of the Chittagong Hill Tracts, c. 1798–1947. This little-studied borderland region lies on the crossroads of Bangladesh, India, and Burma and is inhabited by several indigenous peoples. They observe a diversity of religions, including Buddhism, Hinduism, animism, and Christianity; speak Tibeto-Burmese dialects intermixed with Persian and Bengali idioms; and practise jhum or slash-and-burn agriculture.

Table contents:

1 ‘Promiscuous’ Planting: Francis Buchanan’s Botanical Explorations of 1798

2 ‘Beware Oh Petticoats! There Be Leeches in These Parts’: Reading Gender, Indigeneity, and Tribal Authority in T.H. Lewin’s Archive, c. 1864–75

3 Measuring Tribal ‘Otherness’: Colonial Enumeration, Religion, and Governmentality, c. 1876–1909

4 The Administrator (as) Anthropologist: Reinventing Tribal Chiefs as Indian Princes in J.P. Mills’s 1926–7 Tour Diary, Report, and Proposals

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