Some trouble with cows : making sense of social conflict /
Fascinating in its combination of personal stories and analytical insights, Some Trouble with Cows will help students of conflict understand how a seemingly irrational and archaic riot becomes a means for renegotiating the distribution of power and rights in a small community. Using first-person acc...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©1994.
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=10096 |
| Summary: | Fascinating in its combination of personal stories and analytical insights, Some Trouble with Cows will help students of conflict understand how a seemingly irrational and archaic riot becomes a means for renegotiating the distribution of power and rights in a small community. Using first-person accounts of Hindus and Muslims in a remote Bangladeshi village, Beth Roy evocatively describes and analyzes a large-scale riot that profoundly altered life in the area in the 1950s. She provides a rare glimpse into the hearts and minds of the participants and their families, while touching on a range of. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 231 pages) : maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-228) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520914124 0520914120 0585132186 9780585132181 9780520083424 0520083423 1280079959 9781280079955 0520083415 9780520083417 |