Maoists at the Hearth: Everyday Life in Nepal's Civil War

by Judith Pettigrew

The Maoist insurgency in Nepal lasted from 1996 to 2006, and at the pinnacle of their armed success the Maoists controlled much of the countryside. Maoists at the Hearth, which is based on ethnographic research that commenced more than a decade before the escalation of the civil war in 2001, explores the daily life in a hill village in central Nepal, during the "People's War." From the everyday routines before the arrival of the Maoists...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812244923
• ISBN13: 9780812244922
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.1"