Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vii
4. GLOSSARY xi
5. 1. Introduction 1
6. 2. The History of a Persistent Image 27
7. 3. ‘The Importance of Being Garo’: Garo Narratives of Self 50
8. 4. Peoples without History? 67
9. 5. ‘Dual were Dual, Kochu were Kochu’: Garos Divided 88
10. 6. Negotiable Boundaries, Negotiable Identities 111
11. 7. Garos and Christianity 132
12. 8. Garos and the State 158
13. 9. Summary and Conclusion: From Tribes to Ethnic Minorities 209
14. REFERENCES 217
15. INDEX 233
16. ABOUT THE AUTHOR 243