{"product_id":"living-with-oil-and-coal-resource-politics-and-militarization-in-northeast-india-9780295743950","title":"Living with Oil and Coal: Resource Politics and Militarization in Northeast India","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dolly Kikon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Washington Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780295743950\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDolly Kikon\u003c\/b\u003e 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\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Washington Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40758279897203,"sku":"9.7803E+12","price":57.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_17038871-49c7-4d14-abfb-f8b6a614f302.jpg?v=1678886401","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/living-with-oil-and-coal-resource-politics-and-militarization-in-northeast-india-9780295743950","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}