Tribal Guerrillas: The Santals of West Bengal and the Naxalite Movement

By Edward Duyker

In this ground-breaking study, based on valuable field data, Edward Duyker examines the historical roots of the Santal participation in the Naxalite movement; discusses the implications of the Naxalite use of traditional weapons and forms of tribal warfare; describes the use of oral tradition to incite revolutionary fervor; and analyzes the role of clan and kinship in determining Santal participation in the movement.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195619382
• ISBN13: 9780195619386
• Release Date: December 1987
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.7" x 5.8"