Land and Social Change in East Nepal: A Study of Hindu-Tribal RelationsRoutledge, 2013 M09 13 - 256 pages This book examines the relations between the Limbus, an indigenous tribal people in East Nepal, and the Hindus who have entered their region during the past two hundred years. Describing the divisions which have arisen between the two groups as a result of confrontation over land, the book nonetheless stresses how they are linked by ties of economic and political interdependence and in so doing, explores the link between culture and politics. |
Contents
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Land and kin groups | 24 |
View of the Indreni settlement area facing page | 48 |
A poor mans house of bamboo and mud | 48 |
Planting paddy in terraces | 48 |
the cleavage | 55 |
Musicians entertain at a paddy planting | 64 |
Brahman joint family | 64 |
Ilam Bazaar on market day | 128 |
Portering timber to earn cash | 128 |
A Limbu girl fetches water | 144 |
A Limbu phedangma performs a curing rite | 144 |
East Nepal page xvi | 146 |
Land culture and politics | 180 |
Conclusion | 196 |
The measurement of land | 205 |
the economic context | 76 |
military service | 113 |
the political context | 125 |
Glossary | 215 |
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