Rewriting the language of politics
Subtitle: kisans in colonial Bihar
By: Arun Kumar.
Publisher: Manohar Publishers & Distributors
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New Delhi
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
Subjects: Peasantry -- India -- Bihar -- Political activity; Bihar (India) -- Politics and government
Notes: Some passages in Hindi.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-227) and index.
Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.--State University of New York, Binghamton).
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments; title: Map I. Bihar in 1921; title: Map II. Linguistic Divisions of the Plains of Bihar; title: Introduction:; title: Crossing the Rubicon; title: Chapter 1; title: Revisiting the Revenue Regime:; title: Agrarian Policies at a Glance; title: Chapter 2; title: Migration and Crime:; title: The Craft of Survival and Protest; title: Chapter 3; title: Rumour:; title: Beyond Muffled Murmurs of Dissent; title: Chapter 4; title: Reworking Religion:; title: The Gita and the Quest for a New Language; title: Chapter 5; title: Unhappy Consciousness:; title: Dialogues and Denials.