{"product_id":"looking-back-into-the-future-1","title":"Looking Back into the Future","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe book examines questions of identity, ethnicity, sovereignty and insurgency in northeastern India, and especially on Assam and its neighbourhood. Written by an academic-journalist, the various articles situate these in their larger social, economic, political and, above all, historical context, the last being especially important in their becoming a part of colonial India relatively late, well after colonial control was established in the rest of India.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on close, ground level experience involving extensive travel and interaction with the people, this collection is the result of a long journalistic career spanning nearly 50 years in the northeast region. Written in simple, lucid language, the essays cover a range of themes including culture, belief, and identity; homeland and language politics; and insurgency and separatism. The volume also achieves a uniquely dual historical value – while the articles themselves include a lot of historical information tracing the roots of the various issues discussed, the articles themselves range from 1974 to 2010, providing the modern reader with a series of historical moments captured in their immediacy. Of interest to students, academics, researchers in politics, peace \u0026amp; conflict studies, politics, sociology, history, language, those interested in northeast India, policy-makers, cultural studies, etc. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54263531241816,"sku":"9780415501644","price":192.2,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780415501644.jpg?v=1769741144","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/looking-back-into-the-future-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}