| Description |
1 online resource (388 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Part I: Theoretical Concepts and Concerns -- Chapter 1: Do 'People' Exist?: The Problems of Writing People's History -- Chapter 2: Darjeeling: In Search of People's History -- Part II: Darjeeling Hills and the Colonizers -- Chapter 3: A Discourse on Control, Discipline and Punishment: Prisons in Colonial Darjeeling (1835-1947) -- Chapter 4: Transforming Land and Landscape in Colonial Darjeeling: Readings in History |
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Chapter 5: Popularizing Western Sports in Darjeeling Hills: The Context of Educational Institutions -- Chapter 6: Tourism and Recreation in Colonial Darjeeling: A Social History of Leisure -- Part III: People and the Construction of an Identity -- Chapter 7: Multiple Imaginations: Exploration of the Different Notions of Homeland Present in the Darjeeling Hills -- Chapter 8: The Formation of Nepal, Nepali and Gurkha in the Colonial Discourse -- Chapter 9: Contextualizing Nepali Nationalism in the History of Darjeeling: Issues and Challenges |
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Chapter 10: Geographies of Exclusion, Identity and Gorkhaland Movement -- Part IV: Plurality and Syncretism -- Chapter 11: Cultural Pluralism in Darjeeling and Kalimpong: Reflections from Oral History -- Chapter 12: Christianity and Indigenization: Sociocultural Impact on the Lepchas of Darjeeling Hills -- Chapter 13: Politics of Ethnic Solidarity: A Post-colonial Analysis in Darjeeling Hills and sub-Himalayan Region of North Bengal -- Chapter 14: Cultural Synthesis of Darjeeling Concerning Leisure during Colonial Rule -- Part V: Politics of Representation: Language, Arts and Literature |
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Chapter 15: Origin and Growth of Nepali Language in India: An Exploratory Survey -- Chapter 16: The Third Space in the Tea Garden Literature: Revisiting Select Works from Darjeeling -- Chapter 17: Birth of 'Gorkha Janapustakalaya' in Kurseong: An Outcome of People's Consciousness during the Colonial Period -- Chapter 18: Ethnic and Cultural Identity in Music: Study of the Ethnomusic of Some of the Ethnic People of Darjeeling -- Part VI: Histories from the Periphery -- Chapter 19: The Unwritten History of the Balmiki Community in Darjeeling Hills: History from 'Below' |
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Chapter 20: Misery of the Tea Garden Workers: Immediate Effect of the Garden Shutdown -- List of Contributors -- Index |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| SUBJECT |
Darjeeling (India) -- History
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Darjeeling (India) -- Social life and customs
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Chowdhury, Srikanta Roy
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| ISBN |
9781000828788 |
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1000828786 |
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