| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 231 pages) : maps |
| Contents |
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Maps; The Cast of Characters; Introduction; Part One: Making Trouble; Chapter 1. The Quarrel; Chapter 2. The Decision; Chapter 3. The Riot; Chapter 4. Intervention and Punishment; Chapter 5. Reconciliation and Thereafter; Part Two: Making Sense; Chapter 6. Lessons of Panipur; Chapter 7. Self and Decision; Chapter 8. Community and Identity; Chapter 9. History and Ideology; Chapter 10. Bringing History Home; Appendix A: Chronology; Appendix B: Land Relations in Panipur; Notes; Names and Terms; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
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 glimpse into the hearts and minds of the participants and their families, while touching on a range of |
| Analysis |
Religious groups |
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Bangladesh |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-228) and index |
| Notes |
In English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Communalism -- Bangladesh
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Hindus -- Bangladesh
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Muslims -- Bangladesh
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Violence in Society.
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RELIGION -- Hinduism -- General.
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Communalism
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Hindus
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Muslims
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Bangladesh
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
93025761 |
| ISBN |
9780520914124 |
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0520914120 |
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0585132186 |
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9780585132181 |
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9780520083424 |
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0520083423 |
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1280079959 |
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9781280079955 |
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