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The roots of the periphery : a history of the Gonds of Deccan India / Bhangya Bhukya.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2017Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource illustrations (black and white), map (black and white)Content type:
  • text, still image, cartographic image
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780199087440
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print:: The roots of the peripheryDDC classification:
  • 305.8948230548 23
LOC classification:
  • DS432.G6
Other classification:
  • M
Online resources: Summary: Is primitivism a consequence of the natural evolution of some human societies? Or is it a conscious choice by such societies to evade state power? In 'The Roots of the Periphery', Bhangya Bhukya sets out to answer these questions by taking as his focal point the case of the Gond dynasty of the erstwhile Chanda region of Deccan India. He examines the evolution of Gond society over an extensive period, demonstrating how the British colonial government created an administrative divide between the plains and the hills, thus stereotyping hill and forest communities as isolated, primitive, barbaric, and uncivilized in order to deny them self-rule.
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This edition previously issued in print: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Is primitivism a consequence of the natural evolution of some human societies? Or is it a conscious choice by such societies to evade state power? In 'The Roots of the Periphery', Bhangya Bhukya sets out to answer these questions by taking as his focal point the case of the Gond dynasty of the erstwhile Chanda region of Deccan India. He examines the evolution of Gond society over an extensive period, demonstrating how the British colonial government created an administrative divide between the plains and the hills, thus stereotyping hill and forest communities as isolated, primitive, barbaric, and uncivilized in order to deny them self-rule.

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