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411. Contested Belonging

     An Indigenous People's Struggle for Forest and Identity in Sub-Himalayan Bengal

     By B. G. Karlsson

     Deals with the modern predicament of the Rabha (or Kocha) people, one of India;s indigenous peoples, traditionally practising shifting cultivation in the jungle tracts situated where the Himalayan mountains meet the plains of Bengal. When the area came under British rule and was converted into tea...

     Published May 14th 2000 by Routledge
412. The Artificial Empire

     The Indian Landscapes of William Hodges

     By G. H. R. Tillotson

     The role of the visual arts in the assertion of European colonial power has been the subject of much recent investigation and redefinition. This book takes as a ground for discussion the representation of Indian scenery and architecture by British artists in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth...

     Published April 16th 2000 by Routledge
413. The Satsuma Students in Britain

     Japan's Early Search for the essence of the West'

     By Andrew Cobbing

     Series: Japan Library

     In the spring of 1865, when Japan was in the grip of a major civil war, eighteen samurai and an interpreter risked their lives to embark secretly on a voyage to the unknown lands of the barbarian west. Their destination was Britain - at the hub of a vast empire. These were the Satsuma students,...

     Published April 16th 2000 by Routledge
414. Religion and Public Culture

     Encounters and Identities in Modern South India

     By Keith E. Yandell Keith E. Yandell, John J. Paul

     The last two centuries have witnessed profound changes in the nature of public consciousness. Nowhere has this been more true than in India, especially in relation to changing cultures of public life and religious tradition in South India. Essays in this collection attempt to explore the...

     Published March 22nd 2000 by Routledge
415. Cold War in the High Himalayas

     The USA, China and South Asia in the 1950s

     By S Mahmud Ali, S. Mahmud Ali

     This text examines elite-insecurity perceptions in India, Pakistan and the USA in the 1950s. The book highlights the consequent linkages in alliance-building efforts and the subsequent triangular covert collaboration against Communist China, especially along Tibet's Himalayan frontiers. This...

     Published August 24th 1999 by Routledge
416. Tradition and Liberation

     The Hindu Tradition in the Indian Women's Movement

     By Catherine A Robinson

     Series: Routledge Studies in Asian Religion

     The text examines the role of the Hindu tradition in the ideology and methodology of the Indian women's movement. By showing how leaders of the movement have restated aspects of the tradition, it provides insight into the ways in which a women's movement can restate a religious tradition....

     Published August 24th 1999 by Routledge
417. China's Economic Security

     By Robert Ash, Werner Draguhn

     After the end of the cold war, economic security has become the most important issue to guarantee a peaceful world, and especially the Asian crisis since the middle of 1997 is proof of this. For a country like China, with more than one billion inhabitants, economic security is the key issue for the...

     Published March 24th 1999 by Routledge
418. State, Society and the Environment in South Asia

     By Stig Toft Madsen

     Series: NIAS Man and Nature in Asia

     Contemporary thinking favours local participation and local stake-holding under a decentralized, democratic framework as the just and efficient solution to contemporary South Asian environmental dilemmas and crises. In a series of case studies and more extensive audits, a group of mainly Nordic and...

     Published February 15th 1999 by Routledge
419. Storm Over the Caucasus

     In the Wake of Independence

     By Charles van der Leeuw

     This book uses eyewitness accounts and historical records to provide a picture of the turbulent years immediately following perestroika and the independence of the Caucasian nations during the early nineties. The Caucasus has been known in recent years as a source of intense conflict and strategic...

     Published October 7th 1998 by Routledge
420. Sustainable Development in Central Asia

     By Shirin Akiner, Jon Hay, Sander Tideman

     Series: Central Asia Research Forum

     This book is the result of a pioneering conference held in Ulaan Baatar in September 1994. The first Conference on the Sustainable Development of Central Asia brought together government officials, development professionals, academics, activists and religious representatives from Central, South and...

     Published September 13th 1998 by Routledge