Landscape, Culture, and Belonging

List of figures; Introduction Neeladri Bhattacharya and Joy L. K. Pachuau; Part I. Borders and Beyond: 1. India's spatial history in the Brahmaputra-Meghna river basin David Ludden; 2. The Birth of the Ryot: Rethinking the Agrarian in British Assam Bodhisattva Kar; 3. Embracing or challenging the 'tribe'? Dilemmas in reproducing obligatory pasts in Meghalaya Duncan McDuie-Ra; Part II. Surveys and Explorations: 4. Picturing a region: a geographical history of British Assam David Vumlallian Zou; 5. Geographical exploration and historical investigation: John Peter Wade in Assam Arupjyoti Saikia; Part III. Ethnography, History and the Politics of Representation: 6. Naga: lineages of a term Alban von Stockhausen; 7. Representing the Nagas: negotiating national culture and consumption Arkotong Longkumer; Part IV. Law, State and Practices of Governance: 8. Frontier regime and colonial rule Yengkhom Jilangamba; 9. The law of emptiness: episodes from Lushai and Chin Hills (1890-98) Anandaroop Sen; 10. The colonial state and the 'illegal' arms trade along the North-East frontier of India, 1860s to 1900s Lipokmar Dzüvichu; Part V. Cultural Dialogues: 11. Appropriating the Ao past in the Christian present Lanusangla Tzüdir; 12. Why do people convert? Understanding conversions to Christianity in Mizoram Joy L. K. Pachuau; 13. From sacred rocks to temples: recasting religion as identity in North-East India John Thomas; Notes on contributors; Index.