LEADER 02660nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910813497003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-136-70435-3 010 $a0-203-81404-5 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203814048 035 $a(CKB)2670000000163933 035 $a(EBL)692415 035 $a(OCoLC)782859153 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000623144 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11425331 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000623144 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10648027 035 $a(PQKB)10513541 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC692415 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL692415 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10542223 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL760913 035 $a(OCoLC)784949377 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000163933 100 $a20110218d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMilitant and migrant $ethe politics and social history of Punjab /$fRadhika Chopra 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew Delhi $cRoutledge$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (173 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-59800-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFront Cover; Militant and Migrant; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Plates; Glossary; Acknowledgements; 1.Bringing a Field to Focus; 2.Commemorating Hurt; 3.Risky Strategies and Family Plans; 4.Sent Away Boys; 5.Transacting Asylum; 6.Descent to Illegality; Bibliography; About the Author; Index 330 $aThis book is a study of the transformations in Punjab created by biotechnological revolutions, economic restructuring, persistent migrations, and political upheaval in the late 20th century. The sacred centre at Amritsar, the transnational settlement of Southall and a Doaba village form the terrain for this - three sites that can seen as metonymic spaces of identity that transcend geographic boundaries, and form the structure of this book. Relations between the rural, the sacred and the transnational, fostered through migration, marriage and material exchange, existed well bef 606 $aHistory, Modern$y20th century 607 $aPunjab (India)$xSocial conditions$y20th century 607 $aPunjab (India)$xPolitics and government$y20th century 607 $aPunjab (India)$xEmigration and immigration 615 0$aHistory, Modern 676 $a304.80954552 700 $aChopra$b Radhika$01664871 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813497003321 996 $aMilitant and migrant$94023177 997 $aUNINA