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

Hardcover • 2000 • English • 1. edition

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

By B. G. Karlsson

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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 gardens and reserved forests, Rabhas were forced to become labourers under the forest department. Today, large-scale illegal deforestation and the global interest in wildlife conservation once again je...Show more

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ISBN

9780700711796

Publisher

Psychology Press

Published year

2000

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

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

Format

Hardcover

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