{"product_id":"nightmarch-alpa-shah-9780226590332","title":"Nightmarch: Among India's Revolutionary Guerrillas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2020 Association for Political and Legal Anthropology Book Prize \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the New India Foundation Book Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Anthropologist Alpa Shah found herself in an active platoon of Naxalites--one of the longest-running guerrilla insurgencies in the world. The only woman, and the only person without a weapon, she walked alongside the militants for seven nights across 150 miles of dense, hilly forests in eastern India. \u003ci\u003eNightmarch\u003c\/i\u003e is the riveting story of Shah's journey, grounded in her years of living with India's tribal people, an eye-opening exploration of the movement's history and future and a powerful contemplation of how disadvantaged people fight back against unjust systems in today's world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Naxalites have fought for a communist society for the past fifty years, caught in a conflict that has so far claimed at least forty thousand lives. Yet surprisingly little is known about these fighters in the West. Framed by the Indian state as a deadly terrorist group, the movement is actually made up of Marxist ideologues and lower-caste and tribal combatants, all of whom seek to overthrow a system that has abused them for decades. In \u003ci\u003eNightmarch\u003c\/i\u003e, Shah shares some of their gritty untold stories: here we meet a high-caste leader who spent almost thirty years underground, a young Adivasi foot soldier, and an Adivasi youth who defected. Speaking with them and living for years with villagers in guerrilla strongholds, Shah has sought to understand why some of India's poor have shunned the world's largest democracy and taken up arms to fight for a fairer society--and asks whether they might be undermining their own aims. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e By shining a light on this largely ignored corner of the world, Shah raises important questions about the uncaring advance of capitalism and offers a compelling reflection on dispossession and conflict at the heart of contemporary India.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alpa Shah\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022659033X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226590332\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/23\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2019","brand":"Alpa Shah","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44149546713343,"sku":"9780226590332","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f6ea052d-7f13-48b1-bcd6-a019c79a344f.jpg?v=1688457255","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/nightmarch-alpa-shah-9780226590332","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}