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008			181025s2019 wau b 001 0 eng
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040			_aIIITD
082	0	0	_a333.82 _bKIK-L
100	1		_aKikon, Dolly
245	1	0	_aLiving with oil and coal : _bresource politics and militarization in Northeast India _cby Dolly Kikon
260			_aSeattle : _bUniversity of Washington Press, _c©2019
300			_axiii, 188 p. ; _bill. ; _c24 cm.
490	0		_aCulture, place, and nature
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index
505			_tIntroduction
505			_tStorytellers
505			_tDifficult loves
505			_tState loves
505			_tThe Haats
505			_tExtractive relations
505			_tCarbon fantasies and aspirations
505			_tCarbon citizenship
520			_aThe 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. Anthropologist 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. Living with Oil and Coal illuminates questions of citizenship, social justice, and environmental politics that are shared by communities worldwide.
650		0	_aMineral industries
650		0	_aNatural resources
650		0	_aNatural resources
650		0	_aCitizenship
651		0	_aIndia, Northeastern
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