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Some trouble with cows

Paperback • 1994 • English

Some trouble with cows: making sense of social conflict

By Beth Roy

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About the book

Fascinating in its combination of personal stories and analytical insights, Some Trouble with Cows will help students of conflict understand how a seemingly irrational and archaic riot becomes a means for renegotiating the distribution of power and rights in a small community. Using first-person accounts of Hindus and Muslims in a remote Bangladeshi village, Beth Roy evocatively describes and analyzes a large-scale riot that profoundly altered life in the area in the 1950s. She provides a rare ...Show more

Sociology
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ISBN

9780520083424

Publisher

University of California Press

Published year

1994

Language

English

Original title

Some trouble with cows

Format

Paperback

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