| A Garland of Bones: Child Runaways in India Contributor(s): Steinberg, Jonah (Author) |
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ISBN: 0300222807 ISBN-13: 9780300222807 Publisher: Yale University Press OUR PRICE: $64.35 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Poverty & Homelessness - History | Asia - India & South Asia - History | Modern - 21st Century |
| Dewey: 362.779 |
| LCCN: 2018940488 |
| Series: Yale Agrarian Studies |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.4" W x 9.4" (1.35 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Indian - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An intimate portrait of India's child runaways, and the sociopolitical forces shaping their lives This intimate portrait examines the tracks, journeys, and experiences of child runaways in northern India. Jonah Steinberg situates children's decisions to leave home and flee for the city in their larger cultural, social, and historical contexts, and considers histories of landlessness and debt servitude in narratives of child dislocation. The resulting work is an original perspective on the sociological trends in postcolonial India and a unique treatment of a population of individuals who live on the margin of society. |