{"product_id":"living-with-oil-and-coal-resource-politics-and-militarization-in-northeast-india-paperback","title":"Living with Oil and Coal: Resource Politics and Militarization in Northeast India - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDolly Kikon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eK. Sivaramakrishnan\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eK. Sivaramakrishnan\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe nineteenth-century discovery of oil in the eastern Himalayan foothills, together with the establishment of tea plantations and other extractive industries, continues to have a profound impact on life in the region. In the Indian states of Assam and Nagaland, everyday militarization, violence, and the scramble for natural resources regulate the lives of Naga, Ahom, and Adivasi people, as well as migrants from elsewhere in the region, as they struggle to find peace and work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnthropologist Dolly Kikon uses in-depth ethnographic accounts to address the complexity of Northeast India, a region between Southeast Asia and China where boundaries and borders are made, disputed, and maintained. Bringing a fresh and exciting direction to borderland studies, she explores the social bonds established through practices of resource extraction and the tensions these relations generate, focusing on peoples' love for the landscape and for the state, as well as for family, friends, and neighbors. \u003ci\u003eLiving with Oil and Coal \u003c\/i\u003eilluminates questions of citizenship, social justice, and environmental politics that are shared by communities worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDolly Kikon is senior lecturer in the Anthropology and Development Studies Program at the University of Melbourne. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eLife and Dignity: Women's Testimonies of Sexual Violence in Dimapur (Nagaland) \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eExperiences of Naga Women in Armed Conflict: Narratives from a Militarized Society\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 204\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48931906879716,"sku":"9780295743950","price":66.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0850\/8132\/files\/VnpZeUFuaVBUQlN6eDVLT01VYm9vdz09.webp?v=1778847797","url":"https:\/\/triumviratebooks.com\/fr\/products\/living-with-oil-and-coal-resource-politics-and-militarization-in-northeast-india-paperback","provider":"Triumvirate Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}