Himalayan Histories: Economy, Polity, Religious Traditions - SUNY series in Hindu Studies - Chetan Singh - Grāmatas - State University of New York Press - 9781438475226 - 2020. gada 2. janvāris
Ja vāks un nosaukums nesakrīt, pareizs ir nosaukums

Himalayan Histories: Economy, Polity, Religious Traditions - SUNY series in Hindu Studies

Cena
€ 51,49

Pasūtīts no attālās noliktavas

Paredzamā piegāde . gada 20. nov. - . gada 4. dec.
Ziemassvētku dāvanas var atgriezt līdz 31. janvārim
Saņemiet paziņojumus par jauniem Chetan Singh izdevumiem
Pievienot savam iMusic vēlmju sarakstam

Not rated yet

Himalayan Histories, by one of India's most reputed historians of the Himalaya, is essential for a more complete understanding of Indian history. Because Indian historians have mainly studied riverine belts and life in the plains, sophisticated mountain histories are relatively rare. In this book, Chetan Singh identifies essential aspects of the material, mental, and spiritual world of western Himalayan peasant society. Human enterprise and mountainous terrain long existed in a precarious balance, occasionally disrupted by natural adversity, in this large and difficult region. Small peasant communities lived in scattered environmental niches and tenaciously extracted from their harsh surroundings a rudimentary but sustainable livelihood. These communities were integral constituents of larger political economies that asserted themselves through institutions of hegemonic control, the state being one such institution. This laboriously created life-world was enlivened by myth, folklore, legend, and religious tradition. When colonial rule was established in the region during the nineteenth century, it transformed the peasants' relationship with their natural surroundings. While old political allegiances were weakened, resilient customary hierarchies retained their influence through religio-cultural practices.

Mediji Grāmatas     Paperback Book   (Grāmata ar mīksto vāku un līmēto muguru)
Izlaists 2020. gada 2. janvāris
ISBN13 9781438475226
Izdevēji State University of New York Press
Lapas 316
Izmēri 153 × 229 × 20 mm   ·   466 g
Valoda Angļu  

Vairāk no Chetan Singh

Vairāk no tā paša izdevēja