{"product_id":"looking-back-into-the-future-m-s-prabhakara-9780415501644","title":"Looking Back Into the Future: Identity and Insurgency in Northeast India","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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e M. S. Prabhakara\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415501644\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415501644\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/02\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.75d","brand":"M. S. Prabhakara","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48136094449919,"sku":"9780415501644","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_95926644-0825-419e-8c9b-c219741c59e3.jpg?v=1770160473","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/looking-back-into-the-future-m-s-prabhakara-9780415501644","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}