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Book SynopsisMyron Weiner's study of the relationship between internal migration and ethnic conflict in India is exceptional for two reasons: it focuses on intercultural and interstate migration throughout the nation, rather than on merely local or provincial phenomena, and it examines both the social and the political consequences of India's interethnic migrat
Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. ix*Contents, pg. xiii*List of Tables, pg. xvii*One. Introduction, pg. 1*Two. Migration and the Growth of Ethnic Diversity, pg. 19*Three. When Migrants Succeed and Natives Fail: Assam and Its Migrants, pg. 75*Four. Tribal Encounters: Tribals and Migrants in Chota Nagpur, Bihar, pg. 145*Five. Middle-Class Protectionism: Mulkis Against Migrants in Hyderabad, pg. 217*Six. Migration and the Rise of Nativism, pg. 265*Seven. Who is Local? Territorial versus Ethnic Identities, pg. 299*Eight. Citizenship and Internal Migration Laws, pg. 325*Nine. Conclusion: Trends and Consequences, pg. 349*Index, pg. 373
