About the Book: Fighting Eviction: Tribal Land Rights and Research-in-Action
This book discusses two development themes: the land and housingrights of Indias
Adivasi, and methods for engaging marginalizedpeople in action research. It
focuses on a concrete problemenclosure and eviction of the Katkari, a primitive
forest tribe,from their rural hamlets on the plains of Maharashtra. The
booktraces the evolving relationship between Adivasi and caste-basedagrarian
societies in modern India, and the transformation of theKatkari into bonded
workers in brick kilns and charcoal operations,serving the urban and industrial
interests of Greater Mumbai. Thebook will appeal to development practitioners
and graduate studentsof Sociology, Anthropology, Development Studies and
TribalStudies.
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Book Specifications
ISBN-13 9789382264538
Language English
Binding Hard Bound
Publisher Cambridge University Press India Pvt. Ltd.