Description
Book SynopsisCombining personal stories and analytical insights, this title helps 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.
Table of Contents Acknowledgments
Maps
The Cast of Characters
Introduction
Part One: Making Trouble
1. The Quarrel
2. The Decision
3. The Riot
4. Intervention and Punishment
5. Reconciliation and Thereafter
Part Two: Making Sense
6. Lessons of Panipur
7. Self and Decision
8. Community and Identity
9. History and Ideology
10. Bringing History Home
Appendix A: Chronology
Appendix B: Land Relations in Panipur
Notes
Names and Terms
Bibliography
Index
