Colonial legacies, armed revolts and state violence: the Maoist movement in India.

This article examines the connected histories of armed tribal and peasant revolts in colonial and postcolonial India with reference to the ongoing Maoist conflict in rural and tribal areas of central and eastern India. The article makes two interrelated arguments about the violent continuities that...

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Publicado en:Third World Quarterly Vol. 40; no. 2; pp. 337 - 355
Autor principal: Parashar, Swati
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Feb2019
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