{"product_id":"nomadic-narratives-a-history-of-mobility-and-identity-in-the-great-indian-desert-hardback-9781107080317","title":"Nomadic Narratives; A History of Mobility and Identity in the Great Indian Desert (Hardback) 9781107080317","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eNomadic Narratives\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA History of Mobility and Identity in the Great Indian Desert\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNomadic Narratives explores long-term relationships between mobility, martiality, memory and identity in the desert expanses of the Thar.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTanuja Kothiyal (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107080317, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 14 March 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e312 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 15.9 x 2.4 cm, 0.56 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe Thar Desert, which is today divided by an international boundary, has historically been a frontier region connecting Punjab, Multan, Sindh, Gujarat and Rajasthan. This book looks at the Desert as an historical region shaped through the mobility of its inhabitants - warriors, pastoralists, traders, ascetics and bards, often in overlapping capacities. It challenges the frames of Mughal-Rajput relationships generally employed to explore the histories of the Thar, arguing that Rajputana remains an inadequate category to explore polities located in this frontier region, where along with Rajputs, a range of groups, such as Charans, Bhils, Meenas, Soomras and Pathans controlled circulation, and with whom the Rajput states had to constantly negotiate. Sifting through a wide range of Rajasthani written and oral narratives, travelogues of British administrators, and vernacular as well as English records, the book explores long-term relationships between mobility, martiality, memory and identity in the desert expanses of the Thar.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of tables\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e Note on transliteration, translation and dates\u003cbr\u003e Contemporary place names and their nineteenth-century spellings\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Geographical imagination and narratives of a region\u003cbr\u003e 2. Mobility, polity, territory\u003cbr\u003e 3. Itinerants of the Thar: mobility and circulation\u003cbr\u003e 4. Expanding state contracting space: the Thar in the nineteenth century\u003cbr\u003e 5. Narratives of mobility and mobility of narratives\u003cbr\u003e Conclusions: nomadic narratives in the frontiers\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 1. Jodhpur King list\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 2. Bikaner King list\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 3. Jaisalmer King list\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Middle Eastern history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Middle Eastern history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Middle%20Eastern%20history%20%5BHBJF1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJF1\u003c\/a\u003e], History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45912956698904,"sku":"9781107080317","price":57.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107080317i.jpg?v=1694545995","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/nomadic-narratives-a-history-of-mobility-and-identity-in-the-great-indian-desert-hardback-9781107080317","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}