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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents v
Tables and Figures vii
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 Dairy Politics and India’s Milk Nationalisms 41
Chapter 2 Breeding Bovine Caste 70
Chapter 3 Milking 100
Chapter 4 Gaushalas: Making India “Pure” Again 144
Chapter 5 “Save Cow, Save India” 178
Chapter 6 Trafficking 216
Chapter 7 Slaughter 248
Chapter 8 Envisioning Post-Dairy Futures 281
Acknowledgments 307
Notes 313
Bibliography 361
Index 397

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents v
Tables and Figures vii
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 Dairy Politics and India’s Milk Nationalisms 41
Chapter 2 Breeding Bovine Caste 70
Chapter 3 Milking 100
Chapter 4 Gaushalas: Making India “Pure” Again 144
Chapter 5 “Save Cow, Save India” 178
Chapter 6 Trafficking 216
Chapter 7 Slaughter 248
Chapter 8 Envisioning Post-Dairy Futures 281
Acknowledgments 307
Notes 313
Bibliography 361
Index 397

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