| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 231 pages) : maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-228) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Maps; The Cast of Characters; Introduction; Part One: Making Trouble; Chapter 1. The Quarrel; Chapter 2. The Decision; Chapter 3. The Riot; Chapter 4. Intervention and Punishment; Chapter 5. Reconciliation and Thereafter; Part Two: Making Sense; Chapter 6. Lessons of Panipur; Chapter 7. Self and Decision; Chapter 8. Community and Identity; Chapter 9. History and Ideology; Chapter 10. Bringing History Home; Appendix A: Chronology; Appendix B: Land Relations in Panipur; Notes; Names and Terms; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
Fascinating in its combination of personal stories and analytical insights, Some Trouble with Cows will help students of conflict understand how a seemingly irrational and archaic riot becomes a means for renegotiating the distribution of power and rights in a small community. Using first-person accounts of Hindus and Muslims in a remote Bangladeshi village, Beth Roy evocatively describes and analyzes a large-scale riot that profoundly altered life in the area in the 1950s. She provides a rare glimpse into the hearts and minds of the participants and their families, while touching on a range of. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Communalism -- Bangladesh.
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Communalism. |
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Bangladesh. |
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Hindus -- Bangladesh.
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Hindus. |
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Muslims -- Bangladesh.
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Muslims. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Roy, Beth. Some trouble with cows. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1994 0520083415 (DLC) 93025761 (OCoLC)28504591 |
| ISBN |
9780520914124 (electronic book) |
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0520914120 (electronic book) |
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0585132186 (electronic book) |
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9780585132181 (electronic book) |
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9780520083424 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0520083423 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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1280079959 |
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9781280079955 |
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0520083415 (alkaline paper) |
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0520083423 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780520083417 |
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