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Many tongues, one people : the making of Tharu identity in Nepal

Title: Many tongues, one people : the making of Tharu identity in Nepal / Arjun Guneratne.
Author: Guneratne, Arjun, 1961-
Publication: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2002.

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Description

xvii, 236 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm

Subject

Tharu (South Asian people) > Ethnic identity

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-227) and index.

Contents

1. Introduction: Ethnicity and Culture -- 2. The Tharu and the Tarai -- 3. Ethnicity and the Nepali State -- 4. Land, Labor, and Politics -- 5. Organizing the Elite -- 6. The Making of Tharu Identity -- 7. Conclusion.

ISBN

0801439124 (cloth : alk. paper)
0801487285 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2001006193

OCLC

ocm48171208
SCSB-4266487

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Columbia University Libraries